Bill > HR4866

This bill, the Fire Weather Development Act of 2024, directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a program to improve fire weather and fire environment forecasting, detection, and local collaboration. The program aims to reduce loss of life, injuries, property damage, and economic harm from wildfires by enhancing the prediction, observation, and communication of fire weather and fire environments. Key provisions include establishing an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Wildfires, creating a National Advisory Committee on Wildfires, setting up a fire weather testbed, and addressing workforce and training challenges for Incident Meteorologists. The bill also requires research on wildland fire communications and information dissemination.