Designates May 2025 as National Wildfire Preparedness Month and encourages federal, state, local, and Tribal governments, along with nonprofits and communities, to raise awareness of wildfire risk and prepare for it.

• States that wildfires have grown in scale and severity, with an average of 62,435 wildfires burning 7,553,704 acres per year from 2015 to 2024.
• Notes that nearly 85 percent of U.S. wildland fires are caused by humans and that federal wildfire suppression costs exceed $2.5 billion per year.
• Supports education and preparedness measures such as home hardening, land management that removes flammable vegetation, early warning systems, reducing human-caused ignitions, and safe evacuation of people and animals.

• Judiciary Committee (Senate)

Emergency Management