President Trump Signs Executive Order Regarding Wildfire Prevention and Response

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on improving wildfire prevention and response. According to the White House, the order includes the following:

• The order directs the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to consolidate their wildland fire programs.
• The order supports local wildfire preparedness and response by improving Federal partnerships, as well as driving responsible land management and prevention at the State and local level.
• The order directs the use of available technology, including AI, data sharing, innovative mapping, and weather forecasting, to enhance State and local wildfire identification and response capabilities.
• The order directs Federal agencies to modify rules to facilitate preventive prescribed fires and appropriate fire-retardant use, promote innovative use of woody biomass and other forest products to reduce fuel loads that strengthen fires, and minimize wildfire ignition risks from the bulk-power system.
• The order modernizes wildfire prevention and response by instructing Federal agencies to declassify historical satellite data to improve wildfire prediction and revise or eliminate rules that impede wildfire detection, prevention, and response.
• The order directs the Secretary of Defense to prioritize the sale of excess aircraft and aircraft parts to support wildfire mitigation and response.

The full fact sheet is available here, and the full order is available here.