The Central Arizona Wildland Response Team (CAWRT) is a consortium of approximately 15 fire agencies in central Arizona that participate in state and nationwide wildland fire response. The West Zone membership includes two municipal fire departments and two fire districts. All agencies follow the guidelines of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and the NIMS Incident Command System (ICS).
Daily operations are dispatched through either the Phoenix or Mesa Fire Department dispatch centers. All agencies work together on a daily basis through the Automatic Aid System.
Equipment is dispatched for wildland fire assignments by the Arizona Interagency Dispatch Center (AIDC), through establised Intergovernmental Agreements with the Arizona Forestry Division ("State Fire").
This site is designed to provide coordination between agencies and a deployment system for the dispatch of west valley fire resources from the CAWRT to AIDC requests. The West Zone specifically coordinates equipment from the following fire agencies:
Surprise Fire Department
Peoria Fire Department
Sun City Fire District
Sun City West Fire District
Daisy Mountain Fire District
Glendale Fire Department
Goodyear Fire Department
Equipment deployed includes ICS Type 1 structure engines, Type 3 Heavy Wildland/Urban Interface engines, Type 6 light wildland engines, as well as Water Tenders and other overhead vehicles.
Resources can be dispatched by calling the AIDC at 1-800-309-7081
(Arizona Interagency Dispatch Center)
The CAWRT Strategic Plan is the planning guide for the team.
http://www.freewebs.com/cawrteast/CAWRT Strategic Plan 2007.pdf