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.
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