Fire Weather Development Act of 2025
Introduced Jun 23, 2025 by Rep. Jeff Crank
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This bill establishes programs and requirements related to wildfire forecasting, detection, and management, particularly with respect to communication and collaboration among officials and first responders.
For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a program to improve fire forecasting and service delivery through collaboration between federal, state, and local entities. The program must seek to improve the understanding and prediction of wildfires, the assessment of fire weather, and the timeliness of related communications with state and local officials.
Under the program, NOAA may
conduct research and development activities related to fire weather and environments,
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
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