H.R.4852

Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025

Introduced·8/1/25

Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025 aims to enhance firefighter training and coordination for wildfire response.

The Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025 establishes a national training plan for structural firefighters to respond to wildfires and wildland-urban interface fires. It mandates the Secretary of Agriculture to publish this plan within a year of enactment. The Act also creates a grant program for training programs that adhere to the published plan. Additionally, it establishes the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Fire Coordination to advise on and coordinate firefighting efforts.

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Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
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History

Aug 2, 2025

House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Aug 1, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Aug 1, 2025

House

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.