Fire Operations
The Cal OES Operations Division under the Fire and Rescue Branch coordinates the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System. The response of fire and rescue personnel and resources, through the Mutual Aid System, includes responses to major fires, earthquakes, tsunamis, hazardous materials, and other disasters.
Fire Operations Contacts
Sam Marouk, Deputy Chief
North – Fire Operations
Phone: (916) 845-5709
sam.marouk@caloes.ca.gov
Art Torrez, Deputy Chief
South – Fire Operations
Phone: (951) 320-2106
art.torrez@caloes.ca.gov
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Regions
Fire and Rescue Division supporting the State Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System
OES Regionsopens in a new window
California State Mutual Aid Pre-Incident / Mobilization Preparedness:
- California State Mutual Aid Pre-Incident Mobilization Preparedness Guidelineopens in a new window
- Fire Weather Mobilization Score Sheetopens in a new window
- Fire Weather Predictive Services Linksopens in a new window
- Fire Weather Resource Approval Formopens in a new window
- Fire Weather Resource Request Order Formopens in a new window
- Mud and Debris Flow Mobilization Score Sheetopens in a new window
- Mud and Debris Flow Score Sheet Linksopens in a new window
- Mud and Debris Flow Resource Request Order Formopens in a new window
- OA Preposition PowerPointopens in a new window
- ECC PowerPointopens in a new window
- Sample Preposition OES F-42’sopens in a new window
- Sample Travel Expense Claim Reimbursement Log (F-142A)opens in a new window
- Errataopens in a new window
California Incident Command Certification System (CICCS)
The California Incident Command Certification System (CICCS) is a cooperative effort between the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue Branch. State Fire Training is a SFMO responsibility, while the movement of fire service resources throughout the state during times of emergency is the responsibility of Cal OES Fire and Rescue through the California Fire and Rescue Service Emergency Mutual Aid Plan.
The California Incident Command Certification System mission is an all-hazard qualification and certification system that enhances the ability of the State of California to deploy firefighting resources to complex and catastrophic incidents with trained and qualified personnel.
Fire Operations – CICCS
- 2022 CICCS Qualification Guideopens in a new window
- Appendix A Equivalency Matrixopens in a new window
- Appendix B Glossaryopens in a new window
- Appendix C Position Task Book PMS 311-10 (Sample)opens in a new window
- Appendix D ICS 225 FEMA Performance Ratingopens in a new window
- Appendix E ICS 225 WF Performance Rating (Sample)opens in a new window
- Appendix F Peer Review Applicationopens in a new window
- Appendix G CICCS Qualifications Cardopens in a new window
- Appendix H Qualifications Card (IQS)opens in a new window
- Appendix I Resource Websitesopens in a new window
- 2018 CICCS Qualification Guideopens in a new window
- Appendix A Equivalency Matrixopens in a new window
- Appendix B Glossaryopens in a new window
- Appendix C Position Task Book PMS 311-10 (Sample)opens in a new window
- Appendix D ICS 225 FEMA Performance Ratingopens in a new window
- Appendix E ICS 225 WF (Sample)opens in a new window
- Appendix F Peer Review Applicationopens in a new window
- Appendix G CICCS Qualification Cardopens in a new window
- Appendix H Qualification Card (IQS)opens in a new window
- Appendix I Resource Websitesopens in a new window
- 2014 CICCS Qualification Guideopens in a new window
- FIRESCOPE/CICCS Position Task Books
- Damage Inspector/Manager (DINS/DINM) Task Bookopens in a new window
- Operations Branch Director (OPBD) Task Bookopens in a new window
- Fireline EMT/Medic Task Bookopens in a new window
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Task Bookopens in a new window
- Critical Incident Stress Lead (CISL) Task Bookopens in a new window
- Miscellaneous
Cal OES Operations Bulletins
- Operations Bulletin 01 – April 2022opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 07 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 08 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 09 – April 2015opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 11 – June 2021opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 25 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 28 – January 2015opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 31 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 33 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 39 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 41 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 42 – April 2014opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 43 – February 2020opens in a new window
- Operations Bulletin 44 – April 2022opens in a new window
Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)
Fire Management Assistance is available to States, local and tribal governments, for the mitigation, management, and control of fires on publicly or privately owned forests or grasslands, which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster. The Fire Management Assistance declaration process is initiated when a State submits a request for assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Director at the time a “threat of major disaster” exists. The entire process is accomplished on an expedited basis and a FEMA decision is rendered in a matter of hours.
The Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) provides a 75 percent Federal cost share and the State pays the remaining 25 percent for actual costs. Before a grant can be awarded, a State must demonstrate that total eligible costs for the declared fire meet or exceed either the individual fire cost threshold – which is applies to single fires, or the cumulative fire cost threshold, which recognizes numerous smaller fires burning throughout a State.
Eligible firefighting costs may include expenses for field camps; equipment use, repair and replacement; tools, materials and supplies; and mobilization and demobilization activities.
More information concerning the FMAG Program can be found on the FEMA FMAG web page:
https://www.fema.gov/fire-management-assistance-grant-programopens in a new window
California Mutual Aid System
The California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid Plan is an extension of, and supportive document to, the California Emergency Plan.
The California Fire Service and Rescue Emergency Mutual Aid Plan as we know it today, was first prepared and adopted in 1950 as Annex 3-C of the California State Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Plan. This plan has been reviewed, revised, approved, and adopted after careful consideration by the Cal OES Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Committee/FIRESCOPE Board of Directors. The Purpose of the plan is:
- To provide for systematic mobilization, organization, and operation of necessary fire and rescue resources of the state and its political subdivisions in mitigating the effects of disasters, whether natural or man-caused.
- To provide comprehensive and compatible plans for the expedient mobilization and response of available fire and rescue resources on a local, area, regional, and statewide basis.
- To establish guidelines for recruiting and training auxiliary personnel to augment regularly organized fire and rescue personnel during disaster operations.
- To provide an annually-updated fire and rescue inventory of all personnel, apparatus, and equipment in California.
- To provide a plan and communication facilities for the interchange and dissemination of fire and rescue-related data, directives, and information between fire and rescue officials of local, state, and federal agencies.
- To promote annual training and/or exercises between plan participants.
Fire Operations – Mutual Aid
- Name Request Justification Formopens in a new window
- Fire and Rescue Resource Mutual Aid Guidelinesopens in a new window
- Cal OES Assistant Chief Manual (Coordinator, Fire and Rescue)opens in a new window
- Fire Chief Manual (Orientation to the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System)opens in a new window
- Cal OES Fire and Rescue – History and Organization Manualopens in a new window
- California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid Planopens in a new window
- Operational Area Coordinator Manualopens in a new window
- Region and Operational Area Coordinator Election Processopens in a new window
- Strike Team Leader Manualopens in a new window