Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to establish a standard for how quickly wildfires on federal land can be responded to. It requires them to set a goal of a 30-minute initial response time and a 3-hour deployment of suppression assets. The Secretaries must also report to Congress on how to improve coordination, budgeting, and the availability of firefighting resources, including a review of contracting processes.
Key provisions
- Establishes a standard for wildfire response time on federal land.
- Sets a goal of a 30-minute initial response time.
- Requires a 3-hour deployment of suppression assets.
- Directs the Secretaries to identify a single point of contact for federal wildfire response.
- Mandates a unified budget request for all wildland fire activities.
- Requires a report to Congress detailing key performance indicators for each federal agency involved in wildfire response.
- Calls for a review of the federal ordering and dispatch system for faster asset deployment.
- Requests a streamlining of federal contracting mechanisms for wildfire assets.
Who is affected
- Federal Land Managers (Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, etc.)
- Federal Agencies (Department of Agriculture, Department of the Interior)
- Congressional Committees (Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Natural Resources)
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