Tex. Education Code § 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.