Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025 sets a 30-minute response time for wildfires on federal lands.
The Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025 mandates the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a standard for the response time to wildfire incidents on federal lands. The goal is for the response time to be no more than 30 minutes, including the deployment of fire suppression assets within 3 hours. The act requires a report to Congress detailing the composition of the wildland firefighting fleet, the size needed for timely responses, and changes to the federal ordering and dispatch system.
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