The bill is a memorial from the Washington State Legislature addressing concerns regarding the consolidation of wildland fire programs as directed by President Trump's Executive Order 14308 and subsequent Secretarial actions. It highlights the need for a coordinated and effective federal wildfire response, especially in light of significant staff reductions within the United States Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. The memorial emphasizes the importance of maintaining and ideally strengthening Washington State's wildfire response capabilities due to uncertainties surrounding federal firefighting resources.
The memorial requests that the federal government ensure the Department of Interior's Wildland Fire Service is fully operational and staffed by April 1, 2026, to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season. It also calls for a delay in any further reorganization of wildfire response entities until national wildland fire activity decreases to a Preparedness Level 2, and stresses that any unification process should be conducted carefully to avoid diminishing firefighting capacity in 2027.