Sec. 6. Fire environment modeling program
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, and in consultation with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, any appropriate Federal Advisory Committees, and such other technical experts as the Administrator considers appropriate, shall develop a program to use artificial intelligence to analyze available observational data and synthetic data on the built and natural environments in order to carry out the following:
Warn at-risk communities, firefighters, and other responders, including by integrating social science informed research and development. Predict and detect wildfires to the maximum extent practicable. Forecast wildland and built environment fire propagation and potential impacts based on an analysis of the elements influencing fire behavior, weather conditions, terrain, and observations of the fire environment. Detect, monitor, and forecast smoke and other hazards associated with wildfires.
In carrying out this section, the Administrator may acquire observational data and synthetic data on the built and natural environments collected across the United States to develop and curate a related artificial intelligence-ready training dataset for purposes of training the artificial intelligence used in furtherance of this section. In carrying out this section, the Administrator may enter into contracts to acquire relevant data referred to in this section. In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall integrate outputs from weather and other environmental models and observational data and synthetic data referred to in subsection (a).
The Administrator shall develop and disseminate best practices to minimize environmental impacts from the use of artificial intelligence to carry out this section.