Call on the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to provide answers within 10 days about 2026 wildfire response capacity, firefighter safety, staffing shortages, repeated assignments, incident management teams, suppression funding, fire borrowing, and firefighter compensation.
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Please respond to the following questions within 10 days:
Wyden and other senators asked Interior and Agriculture officials to answer detailed oversight questions about wildfire preparedness, staffing, safety, funding, and firefighter compensation during the 2026 fire season.
Please respond to the following questions within 10 days:
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official Senate letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins requested answers within 10 days.
We are concerned that the agencies simply do not have enough highly qualified personnel, Incident Management Teams, and supervisory staff to sustain operations.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The letter specifically raised response-capacity concerns about staffing, incident management teams, and supervisory capacity.
How many personnel are working repeated or extended assignments?
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official letter asked for information on repeated or extended assignments, matching a core element of the commitment.
Will USFS and USWFS borrow from accounts that fund hazardous fuels reduction, watershed restoration, state and Tribal forestry, Burned Area Emergency Response, Emergency Response, or other similar accounts focused on reducing the threat of and responding to wildland fire?
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The letter requested answers about possible fire borrowing and whether suppression costs would draw from other wildfire-related accounts.
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he and four other senators are calling out the Trump administration’s failures to prepare and adequately respond to the ongoing 2026 fire season throughout the West.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Wyden’s official Senate office announced his participation in the oversight push concerning 2026 wildfire preparedness and response.
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Ron Wyden
United States Senator
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The signature block confirms Ron Wyden was a signer of the official letter to DOI and USDA.