‘‘(ii) at the time the Administrator en-
ters into the contract, provides training 
under such a program under a cooperative 
agreement with a Federal agency. 
‘‘(3) RESTRICTION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—The 
amounts expended by the Administrator to carry out 
this subsection in any fiscal year shall not exceed 4 
per centum of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated in such fiscal year pursuant to section 17 of 
this Act.’’. 
(d) INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING COURSE FOR FIRES 
AT PORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
United States Fire Administration, in consultation with 
the Superintendent of the National Academy for Fire Pre-
vention and Control, shall consolidate and integrate into 
the current Academy curriculum a course on incident com-
mand training for fire service personnel for fighting fires 
at United States ports and in marine environments, includ-
ing fires on the water and aboard vessels. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM UP-
GRADES. 
(a) INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM DATABASE.—Sec-
tion 9 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
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1974 (15 U.S.C. 2208) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM 
UPDATE.—Of the amounts made available pursuant to sub-
paragraphs (E), (F), and (G) of section 17(g)(1), the Ad-
ministrator shall use no more than an aggregate amount 
of $5,000,000 during the 3-year period consisting of fiscal 
years 2009, 2010, and 2011 to carry out activities necessary 
to update the National Fire Incident Reporting system to 
an Internet-based, real-time incident reporting database, 
including capital investment, contractor engagement, and 
user education.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 9(b)(2) of such 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2208(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘assist 
State,’’ and inserting ‘‘assist Federal, State,’’. 
SEC. 6. FIRE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE AND RESEARCH 
DISSEMINATION. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO FIRE SERVICES FOR FIRE PRE-
VENTION
AND
CONTROL
IN
WILDLAND-URBAN
INTER-
FACE.—Section 8(d) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2207(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘RURAL ASSISTANCE’’ in the 
heading and inserting ‘‘RURAL
AND
WILDLAND- 
URBAN INTERFACE ASSISTANCE’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) The Administrator’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) The Administrator is authorized to assist the Na-
tion’s fire services, directly or through contracts, grants, or 
other forms of assistance, to sponsor and encourage research 
into approaches, techniques, systems, and equipment to im-
prove fire prevention and control in the wildland-urban 
interface.’’. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH DISSEMINATION.—Sec-
tion 8 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2207) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) RESEARCH DISSEMINATION.—Beginning 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the United States Fire 
Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Adminis-
trator, in collaboration with the relevant departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, shall make available 
to the public information about all ongoing and planned 
fire-related research funded by the Administration during 
fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, as well as 
the results generated from such research, through a regu-
larly updated Internet-based database.’’. 
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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 section: 
‘‘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 fire-
fighter operations, training, staffing, and fitness, by edu-
cating 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 Fed-
eral government can promote the adoption of such stand-
ards by fire services.’’. 
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 and, 
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where appropriate, existing research organizations, 
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 Ad-
ministrator 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 emergency 
medical services and fire services. Such studies may include 
the optimum protocols for on-scene care, the allocation 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 Man-
agement 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 para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) ‘wildland-urban interface’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101(16) of the Healthy 
Forests 
Restoration 
Act 
of 
2003 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6511(16)).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 342 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4847 
[Report No. 110–559] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the United States Fire 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 31, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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