A resolution designating May 2025 as "National Wildfire Preparedness Month".

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. Res. 247 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 247 Designating May 2025 as ``National Wildfire Preparedness Month''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2025 Ms. Hirono (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Designating May 2025 as ``National Wildfire Preparedness Month''. Whereas wildfires across the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the United States territories have increased in scale, complexity, and severity, fire seasons have lengthened in many parts of the United States to encompass the entire year, and wildfire has become a threat in regions of the United States that have little or no history of wildfire; Whereas, in the United States from 2015 to 2024, an average of 62,435 wildfires burned, consuming on average a total of 7,553,704 acres, which is 705,612 acres above the previous 10-year average; Wherea…