The tribe's Wildland Fire Department is available for special assignments and rehab work on an Assistance-by-Hire basis.The tribe will be called to local wildland fires within the Los Padres National Forest response areas, along with the Vandenburg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County Fire Department and CALFIRE, as well as other cooperating agencies.The tribe's Wildland Fire Department (located on the Santa Ynez Reservation) will be an initial attack resource listed on the Los Padres National Forest's dispatch run card.The tribe will provide assistance to the Los Padres National Forest with a dispatcher, who will be based at the Los Padres National Forest Dispatch Center.The highlights of the agreement include the following: 'This is mutually advantageous, and it's in the public's interest.' 'I am pleased that we were able to work out an arrangement that will strengthen our capacity to respond to wildfire,' said Peggy Hernandez, Los Padres National Forest Supervisor. In the plan, they will join together in the prevention, detection, and suppression of wildland fires within their joint protection areas. Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians announced today that they have signed their first Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement and Annual Operating Plan.

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