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equipment to improve fire prevention and control in the 
wildland-urban interface.’’. 
(b) DISSEMINATION.—Section 8 of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 2207) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) DISSEMINATION.—Beginning 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the United States Fire Adminis-
tration Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Administrator, 
in collaboration with the relevant departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government, shall make available to 
the public information regarding United States Fire Ad-
ministration funded activities to advance new knowledge 
and best practices in firefighting, through a regularly up-
dated Internet database.’’. 
SEC. 7. ENCOURAGING ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR 
FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 37. ENCOURAGING ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR 
FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
‘‘The Administrator shall promote adoption by fire 
services of national voluntary consensus standards for fire-
fighter health and safety, including such standards for 
firefighter operations, training, staffing, and fitness, by 
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educating fire services about such standards, encouraging 
the adoption at all levels of government of such standards, 
and making recommendations on other ways in which the 
Federal Government can promote the adoption of such 
standards by fire services. 
‘‘SEC. 38. TRAINING AGENCIES ON IMPORTANCE OF CLEAR-
ING BIOMASS IN WILDLAND AREAS TO PRO-
MOTE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 
‘‘In collaboration with the relevant departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, the Administrator 
shall develop and provide information and training to rel-
evant departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment on the importance of clearing biomass in wildland 
areas of Federal lands to promote the safety of fire-
fighters.’’. 
SEC. 8. COORDINATION REGARDING FIRE SERVICE-BASED 
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(e) of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2218(e)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent practicable, 
the Administrator shall utilize existing programs, 
data, information, and facilities already available in 
other Federal Government departments and agencies 
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and, where appropriate, existing research organiza-
tions, centers, and universities. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF FIRE PREVENTION AND 
CONTROL PROGRAMS.—The Administrator shall pro-
vide liaison at an appropriate organizational level to 
assure coordination of the Administrator’s activities 
with State and local government agencies, depart-
ments, bureaus, or offices concerned with any matter 
related to programs of fire prevention and control 
with private and other Federal organizations and of-
fices so concerned. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION OF FIRE SERVICE-BASED 
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
PROGRAMS.—The 
Administrator shall provide liaison at an appropriate 
organizational level to assure coordination of the Ad-
ministrator’s activities with State and local govern-
ment agencies, departments, bureaus, or offices con-
cerned with programs related to emergency medical 
services provided by fire service-based systems with 
private and other Federal organizations and offices 
so concerned.’’. 
(b) FIRE SERVICE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
SERVICES BEST PRACTICES.—Section 8(c) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2207(c)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Administrator is authorized to conduct, di-
rectly or through contracts or grants, studies of the oper-
ations and management aspects of fire service-based emer-
gency medical services and coordination between emer-
gency medical services and fire services. Such studies may 
include the optimum protocols for on-scene care, the allo-
cation of resources, and the training requirements for fire 
service-based emergency medical services.’’. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Administra-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Administration, who is the As-
sistant Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and 
(8) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; 
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(5) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) ‘hazardous materials’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 5102(2) of title 49, 
United States Code;’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) ‘wildland-urban interface’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(16) of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6511(16)).’’. 
SEC. 10. SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF FIRE SPRIN-
KLERS. 
Congress supports the recommendations of the 
United States Fire Administration regarding the adoption 
of fire sprinklers in commercial buildings and educational 
programs to raise awareness of the importance of install-
ing fire sprinklers in residential buildings. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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