CAL FIRE and U.S. Forest Service Renew Statewide Wildfire Agreement

December 12, 2025 – The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region and CAL FIRE signed a renewed California Fire Master Agreement — extending a long-standing framework for mutual wildfire response and cooperative risk-reduction work across California for the next five years. Under the agreement, Forest Service and CAL FIRE firefighters will continue operating side by side on wildfires and working together on hazardous fuels reduction projects to lower future wildfire risk.  The agreement streamlines training, dispatching and the sharing of firefighting staff, facilities and equipment and prioritizes sending the closest available firefighting resources to a wildfire — regardless of jurisdiction — to better protect lives, property and natural resources.