April 18, 2007
CDF Now Called Cal Fire...... WTF?
It's explained here. I don't get it and I don't care for it. Come to think of it I didn't like it when they changed from "California Department of Forestry" to "California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection".
I am 100% confident they did not consult permanent employees of the department before either was put into effect. It makes me wonder how these name changing brainstorming sessions come about. Who commissions these changes?
You don't go around changing the names of a professional fire department every few years. How often has the Boston Fire Department been changed? Never! FDNY? No one would ever suggest a change but put California bureaucrats on the job and you might end up with something like "New York Protectors From Fire".
NYPFF, what a joke!
Probably the worst reason given for the name change is to come in line with other state departments like Cal Trans and Cal Boat. I've never heard of Cal Boat, what do they do?
Cal Fire, I will never refer to CDF as Cal Fire.
I am 100% confident they did not consult permanent employees of the department before either was put into effect. It makes me wonder how these name changing brainstorming sessions come about. Who commissions these changes?
You don't go around changing the names of a professional fire department every few years. How often has the Boston Fire Department been changed? Never! FDNY? No one would ever suggest a change but put California bureaucrats on the job and you might end up with something like "New York Protectors From Fire".
NYPFF, what a joke!
Probably the worst reason given for the name change is to come in line with other state departments like Cal Trans and Cal Boat. I've never heard of Cal Boat, what do they do?
Cal Fire, I will never refer to CDF as Cal Fire.
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