Statewide Fire Coordination Center

Sec. 88.118. STATEWIDE FIRE COORDINATION CENTER. (a) The director shall establish a statewide fire coordination center. (b) The center may provide continuous dispatching services for wildfire control. (c) The center shall provide a central location for statewide: (1) wildfire monitoring; (2) coordination of the response to each major or potentially major wildfire in the state, with the coordination function including a direct liaison with the state emergency operating center; and (3) assistance to fire-fighting forces in obtaining the transfer of needed and available resources. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.