Sec. 105. Community support during disaster response
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The Secretaries shall establish a program to train and certify a citizen who wishes to be able to volunteer to assist the Secretaries during a wildland fire incident. The Secretaries shall establish several categories of service for each manner in which a volunteer certified under this section may provide assistance. No volunteer certified under this section may engage in an operation to directly suppress a wildland fire. A volunteer under this section shall— report to a designee of an incident commander prior to providing any assistance on a wildland fire; and operate continuously under the direction of the designee while providing assistance on a wildland fire.
The Secretaries shall certify volunteers to provide assistance for each category of service established under subsection (b). The Secretaries shall establish criteria for a volunteer to be certified for each category of service. Attendance at training conducted under paragraph
(2)shall be 1 of the criteria established under subparagraph (B). The Secretaries shall assess the knowledge, skills, or abilities, of a person prior to certifying a person to become a volunteer. The Secretaries shall regularly conduct training for citizens who desire to be certified as volunteers. The training shall include, at a minimum, a safety component in an effort to minimize inherent threats to volunteers and maximize the safety of a volunteer, to the maximum extent practicable, as a volunteer provides assistance on a wildland fire. The Secretaries shall offer, at a minimum, 1 training session in each State with significant wildfire risk, not less than every 2 years. On the certification of a volunteer, the Secretary concerned shall provide to the volunteer a means of identification as a volunteer. A volunteer certified under this section shall display, continuously while assisting in a wildland fire, the means of identification.