Aircraft, firefighting technology, wildfire data centers, research, fire-department repayment, and support for wildland firefighters and families.
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“The Agriculture and Interior Departments should send Congress the CAFFS study results within 120 days, including to the House and Senate committees that handle agriculture, natural resources, energy, and forestry issues.”
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“Federal wildfire policy should give direction on a container-based aerial firefighting system, with later review needed for how it would be evaluated, bought, deployed, and judged for safety, cost, and effectiveness.”
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“The Department of Defense should be able to keep selling eligible surplus aircraft and parts for wildfire response until October 1, 2035.”
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“The Agriculture and Interior Departments should consult federal wildfire aviation and airtanker experts while reviewing CAFFS and preparing findings for Congress.”
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“The Agriculture and Interior Departments should study whether CAFFS, a container-based aerial firefighting system, can help slow or put out wildfires before federal agencies are asked to buy, test, deploy, or use it.”
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“Aircraft and parts sold through the federal wildfire program should only be used to provide aircraft services for wildfire suppression, not for unrelated missions or business uses.”
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“Federal agencies should work with private partners to test wildfire technologies that detect, predict, monitor, or help respond to fires.”
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“Volunteer and rural fire departments should be able to receive federal training support and transfers of extra federal equipment for emergency response.”
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“The wildfire aircraft transfer statute should be updated so one internal reference points to the correct subsection.”
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“Aircraft sold for wildfire suppression should be clearly allowed to drop either water or fire retardant when fighting wildfires.”
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“Federal agencies should create national and regional wildfire data and research centers, test new wildfire technology with outside partners, and study Forest Service policy, pine beetle damage, and wildfire smoke.”
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“Aircraft sold through the federal wildfire aircraft sales authority should be used only for wildfire suppression services, not unrelated commercial work or other public missions.”
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“A federal research program should support safer building materials, home designs, community layouts, and prize competitions for reducing wildfire damage.”
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“Fire departments that help with wildfire response should get clearer support for covered repayment issues, and families of wildland firefighters and support workers killed or critically injured on duty should receive federal casualty assistance.”
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“Certain fire departments should be able to get repaid for some wildfire response costs when they meet the eligibility terms.”
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