Sec. 88.118.  STATEWIDE FIRE COORDINATION CENTER.  (a)  The director shall establish a statewide fire coordination center.
(b)  The center may provide continuous dispatching services for wildfire control.
(c)  The center shall provide a central location for statewide:
(1)  wildfire monitoring;
(2)  coordination of the response to each major or potentially major wildfire in the state, 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.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.