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CAL FIRE begins phased implementation of 66-hour work week; plan calls for multi-year hiring and training
Summary
CAL FIRE officials told the Assembly subcommittee they began implementing a negotiated 66-hour work week and presented a five-year plan that front-loads engineer hires, expands training capacity and aims to rebalance engineer-to-captain ratios; full implementation will require significant ongoing budget and staffing increases.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Northern Region Chief George Morris III described the department27s plan to implement a 66-hour work week negotiated in the 2022 memorandum of understanding with Bargaining Unit 8 and ratified in 2024.
"The plan was designed to be phased in over 5 years," Morris told the subcommittee, explaining the plan addresses a longstanding imbalance between engineers and captains and the department27s legacy staffing model. He said engineers serve as the feeder rank for captains and that CAL FIRE must "front load engineers in the first several years" so those…
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