S. 4237 · 117th Congress
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022
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This bill establishes fire weather programs and activities to improve fire forecasting and readiness.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate · Dec 15, 2022
Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022
This bill establishes fire weather programs and activities to improve fire forecasting and readiness.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shall
- establish a coordinated fire weather services program within NOAA to support readiness, responsiveness, and overall resilience of the United States to wildfires, fire weather, smoke, and other associated conditions, hazards, and impacts in built and natural environments (including at the wildland-urban interface);
- develop a comprehensive, centralized, and publicly accessible digital presence designed to promote usability of the services, tools, data, and information produced by the program;
- seek to acquire sufficient high-performance computing resources and capacity for research, operations, and data storage in support of the program;
- establish a fire weather testbed to evaluate the accuracy and usability of technology, models, fire weather products and services, and other research to accelerate the implementation and use of new capabilities by NOAA, federal and land management agencies, and other relevant stakeholders;
- conduct annual post-fire-weather season surveys and assessments;
- establish an Incident Meteorologist Service within the National Weather Service (NWS);
- assess resources, personnel, procedures, and activities necessary to maximize the functionality and utility of the automated surface observing system and implement a plan that addresses the findings of the assessment; and
- conduct a workforce support services assessment of NWS employees engaged in emergency response.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022
Latest action (Dec 15, 2022): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 17, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.