Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response

This Executive Order responds to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires by directing Federal agencies to streamline wildland fire governance, enhance local preparedness and response, modernize prevention tools, and remove regulatory barriers. It prioritizes interagency cooperation, incentivizes local action, promotes innovative technology and land management practices, and calls for performance metrics and regulatory review to improve efficiency and effectiveness in combating wildfires.

• Department of the Interior (DOI)
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Commerce (DOC)
• Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• National Interagency Fire Center (multi-agency coordination)

90 days; 120 days; 180 days; 210 days.

Consolidate wildland fire programs to improve efficiency Due: 90 days – Agencies: Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture Expand partnerships and incentives for local land management Due: 90 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture (consulting Homeland Security) Develop comprehensive tech roadmap for firefighting (AI, data, etc.) Due: 180 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture (consulting Commerce, OSTP, and others) Promote risk-informed policy reforms aligned with prior Executive Orders Due: 180 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture (consulting Commerce and others) Review and potentially revise EPA rules impeding prescribed burns Due: 90 days – Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Review EPA and USDA rules on fire retardant use Due: 90 days – Agencies: Agriculture, EPA (consulting Interior) Promote innovative use of woody biomass to reduce fire risk Due: 90 days – Agency: Agriculture (consulting Interior) Consider rulemaking on bulk-power system wildfire risk mitigation Due: 90 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture, Energy, FERC Review litigation strategies in wildfire-related utility cases Due: 90 days – Agency: DOJ (consulting Agriculture, Interior) Declassify and release satellite data to support wildfire modeling Due: 120 days – Agency: Department of Defense (consulting OSTP and others) Review and revise rules impeding fire prevention and response; reflect in Fall 2025 Unified Agenda Due: 180 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture (consulting Commerce and others) Develop performance metrics for wildfire response and include in strategic plans Due: 180 days – Agencies: Interior, Agriculture (consulting Commerce and others) Evaluate and prioritize sale of excess aircraft for wildfire response Due: 210 days – Agency: Department of Defense

No known legal challenges.