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Napa County board approves three-year, $64.6 million cooperative fire protection agreement with CAL FIRE
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a three‑year cooperative fire protection agreement with CAL FIRE that continues a partnership dating to 1932, adds two full‑time county positions, and maintains air and ground firefighting resources for unincorporated areas of Napa County.
The Napa County Board of Supervisors approved a three-year cooperative fire protection agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) valued at $64,600,000, county officials said in the county’s Through the Vine briefing. The agreement takes effect July 1, 2025, and continues a long-standing partnership dating to 1932.
County officials said the agreement provides full-service fire protection, emergency medical response and disaster readiness across the county’s state and local responsibility areas, which together cover most unincorporated parts of Napa County. The agreement supports service across seven full-time CAL FIRE stations and 14 volunteer fire stations in the county.
The contract includes funding to add two full-time county positions to expand fire investigative services: a fire equipment manager and a staff services analyst. The county also highlighted recent CAL FIRE aircraft activity at the Napa County Airport: a Chinook helicopter now based at the airport under a short-term contract, a CAL Firehawk, and a Blackhawk, all described as aircraft used for aerial firefighting in Napa County, the greater Bay Area and beyond. The transcript noted a basing period described as “through September” but did not specify an exact contract end date.
County officials said the agreement aims to ensure uninterrupted fire protection and emergency response during the county’s peak fire months.
