HB 1736-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires the state fire marshal to establish and manage a premobilization assistance program designed to provide financial assistance to local fire suppression entities for the cost of flying or contracting for aircraft, before involvement of the department of natural resources or mobilization, on the initial attack of wildland fires or with the goal of preventing wildland fires from escalating to a level where state fire mobilization is necessary or warranted.