(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through 
(N) as subparagraphs (M) through (R), respectively; 
and 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(I) response, tactics, and strategies for 
fighting large-scale fires or multiple fires in a 
general area that cross jurisdictional bound-
aries; 
‘‘(J) response, tactics, and strategies for 
fighting fires occurring at the wildland-urban 
interface; 
‘‘(K) response, tactics, and strategies for 
fighting fires involving hazardous materials; 
‘‘(L) advanced emergency medical services 
training;’’. 
(b) TRIENNIAL REPORTS.—Section 7 of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 2206) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(m) TRIENNIAL REPORT.—In the first annual re-
port filed pursuant to section 16 for which the deadline 
for filing is after the expiration of the 18-month period 
that begins on the date of the enactment of the United 
States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007, 
and in every third annual report thereafter, the Adminis-
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trator shall include information about changes made to the 
National Fire Academy curriculum, including— 
‘‘(1) the basis for such changes, including a re-
view of the incorporation of lessons learned by emer-
gency response personnel after significant emergency 
events and emergency preparedness exercises per-
formed under the National Exercise Program; and 
‘‘(2) the desired training outcome of all such 
changes.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER 
INTO
CONTRACTS
TO
PROVIDE
ON-SITE
TRAINING 
THROUGH CERTAIN ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS.—Sec-
tion 7(f) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2206) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator is au-
thorized to provide assistance to State and local fire 
service training programs through grants, contracts, 
or otherwise. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
TO
ENTER
INTO
CON-
TRACTS TO PROVIDE ON-SITE TRAINING THROUGH 
CERTAIN ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator is 
authorized to enter into a contract with a na-
tionally recognized organization that has estab-
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lished on-site training programs that comply 
with national consensus standards for fire serv-
ice personnel to facilitate the delivery of the 
education and training programs outlined in 
subsection (d)(1) directly to fire service per-
sonnel. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTIONS.—The Administrator 
shall not enter into a contract with such organi-
zation unless such organization— 
‘‘(i) operates a fire service training 
program accredited by a nationally recog-
nized accreditation organization experi-
enced with accrediting such training; and 
‘‘(ii) at the time the Administrator en-
ters into the contract, provides training 
under such a program to a Federal agency 
under a cooperative agreement with such 
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.’’. 
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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 
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 
subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) of section 17(g)(1), the 
Administrator 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 engage-
ment, 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— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘RURAL ASSISTANCE’’ in the 
heading and inserting ‘‘RURAL AND WILDLAND- 
URBAN INTERFACE ASSISTANCE’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) The Administrator’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Administrator is authorized to assist the 
Nation’s fire services, directly or through contracts, 
grants, or other forms of assistance, to sponsor and en-
courage research into approaches, techniques, systems, 
and equipment to improve 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 2007, 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 
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