Emergency services: staffing grant program.

The California Emergency Services Act establishes the Office of Emergency Services and provides that the office is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services and serves as the State Disaster Council for the purposes of the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement. The act authorizes state agencies to provide mutual aid, including personnel, equipment, and other available resources, to assist political subdivisions during a local emergency or in accordance with mutual aid agreements or at the direction of the Governor. This bill would direct the Office of Emergency Services to establish and administer a grant program entitled the California Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (CA SAFER) , upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature, to augment California's firefighting mutual aid system.