The department’s mission has not changed as CAL FIRE will continue to provide the same first rate emergency service and world renowned resource management to the residents of California with simply a new name. Just as the California Department of Transportation is better known as CalTrans, or the California Department of Boating and Waterways is known as Cal Boating, CAL FIRE will be used to reflect the full services provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

To minimize any unnecessary costs, the bill stipulates that no current materials, supplies, signs, insignias, decals or logos shall be destroyed or changed as a result of the authorization to use CAL FIRE. Once the old supplies are exhausted, new materials will be used. CAL FIRE plans a formal rollout introducing the use of CAL FIRE in May during Wildfire Awareness Week. CAL FIRE responds to over 350,000 incidents per year while protecting over 31 million acres of California.