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Requests must be submitted in writing from the
Department Chief to the Cal EMA, Fire and Rescue Branch for approval
and processing to the attention of: Pat O’Bannon, FIRESCOPE
Assistant Cal EMA, Fire and Rescue Branch at 6101 Airport Road in
Redding, California 96002. |
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Request letter must have a signature block for
the respective Cal EMA Operational Area Coordinator to sign. By
signing this letter of request, the Cal EMA Operational Area Coordinator
is supporting the request and concurs that you meet the following:
- Must have emergency fire, rescue, and/or hazardous
materials response jurisdictional responsibility.
- The Cal EMA Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator
and/or the County Fire Chiefs Association recognize agency.
- Agency participates in the California Fire
and Rescue Mutual Aid System.
- Jurisdiction must be signatory to the State
Master Mutual Aid Agreement or a federal agency with fire protection
responsibility.
- Must have a designated Public Safety Answering
Point and/or Emergency Communication Dispatch Center.
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Local jurisdictions contracting with a private
contractor/vendor will use the three-letter designator assigned
to that jurisdiction. |
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Please indicate first, second and third choice
for your three-letter designator in the letter. |
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You will receive written confirmation of the three-letter
designator assigned to your agency or written notice of non-approval
on your request. If approved, Operations Bulletin 31 and the Cal
EMA Form F-5 will be included with the letter of confirmation. |
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Upon approval, you will be directed to submit
your agency’s resource information into the California Fire
Resources Inventory System (CFRIS) database by completing the Cal
EMA Form F-5 California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System Resources
Inventory in the FIRESCOPE website at www.firescope.org. The Operations
Bulletin 31 contains directions on how to submit your agency’s
resource information. |
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Before you can enter your resource information
you will have to submit a request for a login password. To do this,
go to the “Email” menu option in the FIRESCOPE website,
click on “Submit a Login Password,” and follow the instructions
given. |
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Once your login/ID account has been established,
go to the FIRESCOPE Website and click on the Login menu option.
You will be asked to enter your FIRESCOPE ID, which will be your
three-letter designator, along with the Password you have chosen.
This will take you to the Cal EMA Form F-5 that you will then be able
to complete. |
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Please be sure to keep your agency’s resource
information up-to-date at all times. |
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Agencies that do not have the capability to submit
their resource information via the Internet are requested to complete
the Cal EMA Form F-5 and mail it to the attention of FIRESCOPE Assistant
Chief Pat O’Bannon to the same address noted in Number One
above. |
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You will also need to apply for your Fire Department
Identification (FDID) Number. The contact information is: FDID Program
Coordinator of CAL FIRE– Office of the State Fire Marshal
at P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, California 94244-2460, Reception
Phone of (916) 445-8200, www.fire.ca.gov. |
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Contact FIRESCOPE Assistant Chief, Pat O’Bannon
at (530) 224-2441 or by email at pat.obannon@Cal EMA.ca.gov should there
be any questions. |
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Welcome
to the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System |
