Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
Introduced
Summary
Establish a national response-time standard for federal wildland fires. This bill would require the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to set a response-time standard within 90 days and to coordinate with FEMA and the U.S. Fire Administration to speed responses.
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- Families and communities: Aimed to reduce fire damage near homes by targeting an initial evaluation within 30 minutes and full deployment of suppression assets within 3 hours.
- Firefighters and responders: Would require agencies to set key performance indicators and to describe current and needed aviation and ground fleet sizes to meet the 30-minute and 3-hour goals.
- Federal agencies: Would mandate a joint report within 1 year naming a single Department of the Interior contact, issuing a unified wildland-fire budget request, and proposing dispatch and contracting changes to make assets available year-round.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Faster federal wildfire response targets
This bill would require each federal land secretary to set a wildfire response-time standard within 90 days of enactment. The goal would be to evaluate a wildland fire within 30 minutes and to deploy suppression assets within 3 hours, when practicable. Within 1 year, the Secretaries would report to Congress on operational steps. Examples include naming a single DOI point of contact, a unified wildland fire budget, performance measures, the current and needed aviation and ground fleet size, faster ordering and dispatch changes, contracting steps to speed activation within a year, and resources to keep contracted assets available year-round.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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