Document Citation: Tex. Educ. Code § 88.118

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Texas Annotated Statutes
EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBTITLE D. THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 88. AGENCIES AND SERVICES OF THE TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
SUBCHAPTER B. THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
Tex. Educ. Code § 88.118 (2010)

Legislative Alert:

LEXSEE 2011 Tex. SB 646 -- See section 7.

§ 88.118. Statewide Fire Coordination Center

(a) The director shall establish a statewide fire coordination center.

(b) The center shall provide continuous dispatching services for wildland fire control in the six Texas Forest Service dispatch areas in eastern Texas.

(c) The center shall provide a central location for statewide:

(1) wildfire monitoring;

(2) coordination of the response to each major or potentially major wildland fire in the state, including fires in places where urban areas and rural areas meet, 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.