California State Responsibility Areas

CAL FIRE has a legal responsibility to provide fire protection on all State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands, which are defined based on land ownership, population density and land use. For example, CAL FIRE does not have responsibility for densely populated areas, incorporated cities, agricultural lands, or lands administered by the federal government. The SRA dataset provides areas of legal responsibility for fire protection, including State Responsibility Areas (SRA), Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA), and Local Responsibility Areas (LRA). SRA designations undergo a thorough 5 year review cycle, as well as annual updates for incorporations/annexations, error fixes, and ownership changes (automatic changes that do not require Board of Forestry approval). This service represents the latest official version, and is updated when new versions are released. As of November 15th, 2024, this represents SRA 25_1. Changes from SRA24_1 include those resulting from acquisitions and disposals of federal lands transmitted through the yearly California Wildfire Coordinating Group (CWCG) Direct Protection Area (DPA) agreement process, from city annexations and de-annexations, from changes in county parcel boundaries, as well as corrections to any data errors discovered during the editing process.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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notes <div>CAL FIRE has a legal responsibility to provide fire protection on all State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands, which are defined based on land ownership, population density and land use. For example, CAL FIRE does not have responsibility for densely populated areas, incorporated cities, agricultural lands, or lands administered by the federal government. The SRA dataset provides areas of legal responsibility for fire protection, including State Responsibility Areas (SRA), Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA), and Local Responsibility Areas (LRA). SRA designations undergo a thorough 5 year review cycle, as well as annual updates for incorporations/annexations, error fixes, and ownership changes (automatic changes that do not require Board of Forestry approval). <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>This service represents the latest official version, and is updated when new versions are released. </span></font><b>As of November 15th, 2024, this represents SRA 25_1. </b>Changes from SRA24_1<font face='Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'> include those resulting from acquisitions and disposals of federal lands transmitted through the yearly California Wildfire Coordinating Group (CWCG) Direct Protection Area (DPA) agreement process, from city annexations and de-annexations, from changes in county parcel boundaries, as well as corrections to any data errors discovered during the editing process.</span></font><br /></div>
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title California State Responsibility Areas