AB 2075: Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.

<p>The bill amends forestry safety requirements in California, focusing on fire equipment and internal combustion engines used near specified lands during burning permit seasons.</p> <p>It changes existing law to require individuals operating machinery or tools powered by internal combustion engines to maintain at least one backpack pump-type fire extinguisher and a sufficient number of round point shovels within 25 feet of the operation area, ensuring unrestricted access for operators. The bill defines "person" broadly to include various legal entities.</p> <p>The bill also mandates that individuals operating motorized vehicles on these lands must have a serviceable shovel and fire extinguisher in or affixed to the vehicle.</p> <p>For timber operations, it requires the state board of forestry to adopt emergency regulations defining key terms and specifying necessary firefighting tools.…