§510 Authorization for FireGuard Program

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can use National Guard members to run a program called the FireGuard Program. The program gathers and checks remote sensing data from many sources to help detect and watch wildfires and to support emergency responses. The Secretary can hire or make agreements with qualified people or organizations to help the Guard. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau must, with relevant State, local, and commercial partners, write a memorandum that clearly explains who does what, the tasks, schedules, and when the work will be turned back. A qualified person is someone with the security clearance to handle classified remote sensing data for wildfires. A qualified entity is a business, nonprofit, or government body whose workers or contractors have that clearance.