PREPARE Act

This bill mandates the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to create a pilot program focused on seasonal prepositioning protocols for aerial wildfire suppression. The program specifically addresses early-season fine fuel wildland fires within the States of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The pilot program must be implemented in accordance with each State's Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement, and in consultation with the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. Funding for this initiative will be drawn from existing wildland fire management appropriations , explicitly stating that no additional appropriations are authorized to carry out its provisions.