Cal. PRC § 4114
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 4114, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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(a) The department, in accordance with a plan approved by the board, shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide fire prevention and firefighting implements and apparatus.
(2) Organize fire crews and patrols.
(3) Establish observation stations and other necessary structures.
(4) Employ people to effect the plan.
(5) Construct and maintain telephone lines and provide other means of communication as necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
(b) The department may provide, when available and to the extent that it does not require additional funds, rescue, first aid, and other emergency services to the public in state responsibility areas. Any emergency medical services shall be in accordance with Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to that division.
(1) Provide fire prevention and firefighting implements and apparatus.
(2) Organize fire crews and patrols.
(3) Establish observation stations and other necessary structures.
(4) Employ people to effect the plan.
(5) Construct and maintain telephone lines and provide other means of communication as necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
(b) The department may provide, when available and to the extent that it does not require additional funds, rescue, first aid, and other emergency services to the public in state responsibility areas. Any emergency medical services shall be in accordance with Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to that division.
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