Sentences with phrase «for wildfire suppression»

Changes to the funding for wildfire suppression remains an administration priority in the budget.

In 2014, the Forest Service exceeded the budget for wildfire suppression by approximately $ 200 million.

The U.S. Forest Service announced yesterday that it has contracted for seven new «next generation» air tankers for wildfire suppression, part of the service's ongoing efforts to replace its current, aging fleet.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles County will have two Bombardier CL - 415 Superscooper fire - fighting aircraft on loan from the government of Quebec starting in the fall for wildfire suppression, as well as the county's own fleet of helicopters.

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«I don't think anybody doubts that the cost of fighting fires has gone up,» said Debbie Miley, executive director of the National Wildfire Suppression Association (NWSA), a trade group for private wildfire fWildfire Suppression Association (NWSA), a trade group for private wildfire fwildfire fighters.

Meanwhile, funding for the Office of Natural Resources Revenue will be sustained, the budget notes, and wildfire suppression costs, estimated based on a «10 - year rolling average,» will be met in full.

Stand condition is particularly important on state and federal forests where a policy of fire suppression for the last 100 yr has increased tree density and the risk of mortality from defoliating and boring insects, and from wildfire.

There is potential to improve the incentives for wildfire risk management and suppression, but doing so will be difficult — and it will require political resolve.

Thus, there is an economic justification for vesting wildfire suppression responsibilities in large - scale public agencies that can overcome these coordination costs.

In a statement, Jennifer Jones, a spokesperson for the Forest Service said fire suppression has become more difficult due to a number of factors including the need to protect the increasing number of homes in wildfire areas, hazardous fuel buildups, drought and longer fire seasons.

may not be flown or otherwise removed from the United States unless dispatched by the National Interagency Fire Center in support of an international agreement to assist in wildfire suppression efforts or for other purposes approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in writing in advance.