California Prepares for Dangerous Fire Season

California’s emergency preparedness plans are already among some of the strongest in the country, but with fire season off to an early start, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking no chances. He has launched a new plan to boost the state’s preparedness even further in an attempt to shore up the state.

According to an article on the Government Technology website, Schwarzenegger signed an executive order to boost the state’s preparedness, raise public awareness and mobilize the state’s firefighting personnel and resources.

The order will mobilize the state’s critical firefighting resources and personnel, and directs both the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the state’s agencies to take immediate action to protect and prepare the state by:

• Increasing firefighting staffing
• Coordinating military resources
• Boosting public awareness and preparedness, including providing information to homeowners
• Enforcing fire prevention laws
• Directing inter-governmental coordination and action

To read the full article, click here: http://www.govtech.com/em/articles/321131