Texas A&M Forest Service must create and maintain a statewide firefighting-equipment database.
Sec. 88.1255. STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. (a) In this section, "fire department" means: (1) a volunteer fire department; or (2) a department of a municipality, county, or special district or authority that provides firefighting services. (b) The Texas A&M Forest Service shall create and maintain a comprehensive database that shows in real time the statewide inventory of firefighting equipment available for use in responding to wildfires. (c) The database must: (1) include a description of the type of firefighting equipment each fire department in this state has available for use in responding to wildfires; (2) include contact information for the fire department with the equipment; (3) be searchable by location and equipment type; and (4) be accessible by all fire departments in this state and allow each fire department to update the database information regarding the fire department's available equipment. (d) The Texas A&M Forest Service shall: (1) establish and maintain an electronic system to at least annually notify a fire department that provides the department's firefighting equipment information to the database of the requirement to update the information in the database; and (2) assist a fire department that provides the department's firefighting equipment information to the database in updating the database annually or as soon as practicable after any change in equipment availability. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 767), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 958 (S.B. 34), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.