Cal. PRC § 4786
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 4786, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
In making such experiments and in conducting or supervising land clearance pursuant to the agreements or contracts contemplated by this article, the department shall have available such fire crews and firefighting equipment as it deems reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of any fire from the area proposed to be cleared, if such equipment and fire crews are not needed for the control of wildfire.
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