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Virginia fire chief and congressman press for emergency egress authority to prevent entrapment in wildfires
House Committee on Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Federal Lands · December 12, 2025
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Summary
Representative Maguire and Chief Curtis Sheets argued for H.R. 6,365 to allow a short emergency-only gravel corridor across National Park Service land to connect Wintergreen to the Blue Ridge Parkway and reduce risk of catastrophic entrapment.
Representatives and local fire officials urged the House subcommittee to advance H.R. 6,365, the Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act, arguing the Wintergreen community in Virginia currently has a single road in and out and would face high loss of life in the event of a fast-moving wildfire.
Representative Bob Good (Representative Maguire in…
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