Sec. 10. Incident Meteorologist Service
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The Under Secretary shall establish and maintain an Incident Meteorologist Service within the National Weather Service (in this section referred to as the Service ). The Service shall include— the incident meteorologists of the Administration as of the date of this enactment of this Act; and such incident meteorologists of the Administration as may be appointed after such date. The Service shall provide— on-site impact-based decision support services to Federal, State, Tribal government, and local government emergency response agencies preceding, during, and following wildland fires or other events that threaten life or property, including high-impact and extreme weather events; and support to Federal, State, Tribal government, and local government decision makers, partners, and stakeholders for seasonal planning.
The Service shall be deployed— as determined by the Under Secretary; or at the request of the head of another Federal agency. In establishing and maintaining the Service, the Under Secretary shall identify, acquire, and maintain adequate levels of staffing and resources to meet user needs. The Under Secretary may— create, adopt, and publish in the Federal Register a symbol for the Service; and restrict the use of such symbol as appropriate. The Under Secretary may authorize the use of a symbol adopted under this subsection by any individual or entity as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
The Under Secretary may award contracts for the creation of symbols under this subsection. It shall be unlawful for any person— to represent themselves as an official of the Service absent the designation or approval of the Under Secretary; to manufacture, reproduce, or otherwise use any symbol adopted by the Under Secretary under this subsection, including to sell any item bearing such a symbol, unless authorized by the Under Secretary; or to violate any regulation promulgated by the Secretary under this subsection.
The Under Secretary shall provide resources, access to real-time fire weather forecasts, training, administrative and logistical support, and access to professional counseling or other forms of support as the Under Secretary considers appropriate for the betterment of the emotional and mental health and well-being of incident meteorologists and other employees of the Administration involved with response to high-impact and extreme fire weather events.