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House subcommittee hears testimony on quadrennial wildfire risk review bill
Summary
Witnesses and members backed H.R. 3,924, which would require recurring national reviews to align wildfire risk modeling, mitigation priorities and interagency planning; supporters said modern data (satellite/LiDAR) can improve targeting while members pressed for federal-local coordination.
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands heard bipartisan support for H.R. 3,924, the Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act, during a legislative hearing where local fire chiefs and community leaders urged Congress to require regular, interagency reviews of wildfire risk.
Brad White, chief of the Grand Fire Protection District, told the subcommittee that recurring reviews would help agencies and local responders "work from the same baseline, from…
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