Improving Military Firefighter Safety Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9547 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9547

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on firefighter 
rapid intervention team training and equipment at Department of Defense 
                              facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2024

 Ms. Sherrill introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on firefighter 
rapid intervention team training and equipment at Department of Defense 
                              facilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Military Firefighter 
Safety Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON FIREFIGHTER RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING AND 
              EQUIPMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study of the 
training standards for firefighter rapid intervention teams and the use 
of equipment by such teams at Department of Defense facilities. Such 
study shall include--
            (1) an identification of such training standards and 
        equipment that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        are in use by such teams and the extent to which such training 
        and equipment is standard across firefighter rapid intervention 
        teams located at different Department facilities;
            (2) an identification of such training standards and 
        equipment that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        are in use by such teams at Department naval and port 
        facilities and a determination by the Secretary of whether such 
        training and equipment is sufficient to prepare such teams for 
        fires on the various ships that dock at such facilities; and
            (3) a description of any incident that--
                    (A) occurred during the ten-year period preceding 
                the date of the enactment of this Act in which a 
                firefighter was injured or killed at a Department 
                facility; and
                    (B) the Secretary finds could have been prevented 
                if the firefighters involved had received different 
                training or equipment.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the 
results of the study required under subsection (a).
    (c) Firefighter Rapid Intervention Team Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``firefighter rapid intervention team'' means a designated 
firefighting crew that serves as a stand-by rescue team at the scenes 
of fires and other emergencies and is available for the immediate 
search and rescue of missing, trapped, or injured firefighters if 
required.
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