Sec. 9. Fire weather surveys and assessments
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During the second winter following the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Under Secretary shall conduct a post-fire-weather season survey and assessment. After conducting a post-fire-weather season survey and assessment under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall— investigate any gaps in data collected during the assessment; identify and implement strategies and procedures to improve program services and information dissemination; update systems, processes, strategies, and procedures to enhance the efficiency and reliability of data obtained from the assessment; evaluate the accuracy and efficacy of physical fire weather forecasting information for each incident included in the survey and assessment; and assess and refine performance measures, as needed.
The Under Secretary may conduct surveys and assessments following individual wildfire events as the Under Secretary determines necessary. In carrying out activities under this section, the Under Secretary shall seek to increase the number of post-wildfire community impact studies, including by surveying individual and collective responses and incorporating other applicable topics of social science research. Not less frequently than once each year, the Under Secretary shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress that provides— an overview of the fire season; and an outlook for the fire season for the coming year.
In conducting any survey or assessment under this section, the Under Secretary shall coordinate with Federal, State, and local partners, Tribal governments, private entities, and such institutions of higher education as the Under Secretary considers relevant in order to— improve operations and collaboration; and optimize data collection, sharing, integration, assimilation, and dissemination. The Under Secretary shall make the data and findings obtained from each assessment conducted under this section available to the public in an accessible digital format as soon as practicable after conducting the assessment.
The Under Secretary shall make best efforts to incorporate the results and recommendations of each assessment conducted under this section into the research and development plan and operations of the Administration.