§ 81-827 — Wildfire control; Nebraska Emergency Management Agency; duties; legislative intent; report; contents

(1) Pursuant
to the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
shall contract for all costs to place one single-engine air tanker in Nebraska
for use in fighting wildfires.
(2) It is the intent
of the Legislature that the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency deploy the
single-engine air tanker quickly and without delay so as to prevent the rapid
spread of wildfires upon ignition.
(3) The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall
prepare a report on or before December 1 of each year describing (a) the date
and time each request to deploy a single-engine air tanker is made to the
agency, (b) the date and time a single-engine air tanker was deployed in response
to a request for such a tanker, (c) an explanation of the reason for any delay
of more than one hour from the time of a request for deployment of a single-engine
air tanker and the time of the actual deployment of such a tanker, and (d)
an explanation of the reason for the denial of a request to deploy a single-engine
air tanker. The report shall be submitted electronically to the Governor and
to the Clerk of the Legislature.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 2013, LB634, § 3.