Talk:California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Huge removal
I've removed the entire unwikified articel as it was taken verbatim from the offical site (Clearly marked "© State of California, 2006) and also contained very unencyclopedic wordings. 68.39.174.238 06:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

It does say it is copyrighted but only for statistics. All other information of the site is considered PUBLIC DOMAIN.

In general, information presented on this web site, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by law. However, the State does make use of copyrighted data (e.g., photographs) which may require additional permissions prior to your use. In order to use any information on this web site not owned or created by the State, you must seek permission directly from the owning (or holding) sources. The State shall have the unlimited right to use for any purpose, free of any charge, all information submitted via this site except those submissions made under separate legal contract. The State shall be free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques contained in information provided through this site.

Can you please re-enter everything you removed?

--Lfreeman08 01:15, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Article move
Last year the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officially changed their name to CAL FIRE. I believe the article should be moved to the current title. Any one objecting? —Christopher Mann McKaytalk 03:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Disagree - Looking over the CA state info, they are still officially California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, while CAL FIRE is more of a "branding" that they're trying. The intro to their website reads "The men and women of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)....", indicating that the full name is still the official one. The mailing address is still the full name. This press release indicates that the department still carries the full name, but the term CAL FIRE is being adopted as an "indicator". Note that the press release doesn't say that the full name is being official changed. I find plenty of places that still refer to it as the full name or as the abbreviation "CDF". Since CAL FIRE already redirects here, I would prefer to see it stay as the official name.  AK Radecki Speaketh  05:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. No move necessary then. —Christopher Mann McKaytalk 11:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with not changing. since it is like CALTRANS, leave it alone. When the state gets around to officially referring to it as CALFIRE, and mailing address as noted, leave it as it is.DavidPickett (talk) 20:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Timber Harvest Plans (permits)
This article should include CAL FIRE's other activity besides fire protection and prevention, which is the issuance of permits for logging on private properties in California (includes enforcement and regulatory powers.) It is a significant activity of the agency and should be mentioned in article.

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Telecommunications - remove or drastically edit?
A third of this article is dedicated to the history of telecommunications technology and it is almost completely unsourced. DFS (talk) 23:51, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

History of the name change
The first paragraph is confusing on the history of the department name. It should perhaps be spelled out better that the department was called California Department of Forestry (CDF) until 1987, when it became California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, before gaining the new moniker, CAL FIRE, in 2006. Here's my source: http://calfire.ca.gov/about/downloads/Uniforms_Patches.pdf Sephefox (talk) 03:33, 10 November 2018 (UTC) Sephe Fox (ps. this is literally my first attempt at a contribution, so sorry if I completely hosed it)

multiple issues box
I've left behind "additional citations", since the article has long stretches without references and als obold claims without references. The others are removed, mainly because nothing is given here on the talk page explaiing why they're necessary or what needs to be solved. The specific OR problems aren't enumerated (and aren't apparent to me), the references are all inline, and I don't think it looks like an advertisement. -- Mikeblas (talk) 00:05, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Aircraft ownership
Under Air Program it says California Department of Forestry owns the aircraft it uses but according to the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft are own by the US Forestry Service. Solitonwave (talk) 21:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

e Cooperative Fire Protection Agreements
cal fire operates the county fire departments for these counties Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras El Dorado Fresno Humboldt Lassen Madera Mariposa Mendocino Merced Napa Nevada Placer Riverside San Diego San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cruz San Luis Obispo Shasta Siskiyou Sonoma Tehama Trinity Tuolumne Yuba

source https://www.calfirelocal2881.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CAL-FIRE-Contract-Counties.pdf 2603:8000:5000:E9D2:15F0:908:3608:92C4 (talk) 12:12, 8 July 2023 (UTC)