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AB 1283: Office of Emergency Services: firefighting mutual aid.
What AB 1283 does, verified February 3, 2026
The bill aims to improve emergency services in California by establishing a statewide fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan. The Office of Emergency Services will develop and adopt this plan, which must meet specific criteria, in consultation with relevant local and state agencies. The plan will support the implementation of this plan, which will allow for mutual aid and prepositioning of firefighting resources. A reimbursement program will be established to cover costs incurred by firefighting agencies deployed under the plan.
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| Feb. 02, 2026 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan. 31, 2026 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Mar. 10, 2025 | Referred to Com. on E.M. |
| Mar. 03, 2025 | Introduced measure version corrected. |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | Read first time. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 21, 2025 · 504 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1283
| Introduced by Committee on Emergency Management (Assembly Members Hadwick (Vice Chair), Arambula, Bains, Calderon, and DeMaio) |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to add Section 8619.6 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1283, as introduced, Committee on Emergency Management. Office of Emergency Services: firefighting mutual aid.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor’s office under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law requires, during any state of war emergency, or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any county, city and county, or city, aid to be rendered in accordance with approved emergency plans. In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, existing law authorizes state agencies and political subdivisions to exercise mutual aid powers in accordance with the Master Mutual Aid Agreement and local ordinances, resolutions, agreements, or plans. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with relevant local and state agencies, to develop and adopt a state fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan that meets specified criteria.
This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to establish the Firefighting Mutual Aid and Prepositioning Program for specified purposes, including to support the implementation of the state fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan, as described above, and to establish a reimbursement program to allow firefighting agencies deployed under the state’s Master Mutual Aid Agreement to pay for costs, as specified.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8619.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:8619.6.
The Office of Emergency Services shall establish the Firefighting Mutual Aid and Prepositioning Program for all of the following purposes:(a) To support the implementation of the state’s fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid program.
(b) To support the Mutual Aid Fire Engine Program, which permits the use of the engine for mutual aid responses, local multiple alarm fires, temporary replacement for out-of-service engines, training, or other local needs and requires the assignee to dispatch the engine with the required personnel to any emergency.
(c) To augment the Mutual Aid Fire Engine Program by reimbursing costs to staff, train, and acquire additional fire suppression resources, including, but not limited to, super hose tenders, deployable, auxiliary water suppression systems and mobile hydrants for local agencies and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE).
(d) To establish a reimbursement program to allow firefighting agencies deployed under the state’s Master Mutual Aid Agreement to pay for costs to deploy when assisting other agencies during an emergency, including, but not limited to, salaries, overtime, backfill, lodging, food, fuel, personal protective equipment, and specialty response and support equipment.
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