Bill > HJR15

This resolution addresses wildfire preparedness in Alaska for the 2025 wildfire season, recognizing the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires due to climate changes and highlighting significant risks to communities in wildland-urban interface areas. The resolution urges state and local agencies to enhance wildfire preparedness through comprehensive actions, including developing interagency response plans, minimizing hazard trees and fuel sources, improving road conditions for evacuation, conducting emergency response drills, and bolstering fire suppression resources. It calls for public information officers to educate residents about wildfire risks and encourage participation in home defense and evacuation programs like Firewise USA and Ready, Set, Go!, and recommends improving fire detection technologies and emergency notification systems. Additionally, the resolution requests that state and federal representatives advocate for increased funding and support for wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts, with specific attention to high-risk areas like Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai, Soldotna, and Southeast Alaska, which face challenges such as limited water sources, difficult terrain, and constrained access routes.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HJR15