Bipartisan legislation introduced by freshman Sens. Tim Sheehy (R-Mt.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) would establish a nationwide response time standard for wildfires affecting public lands.

Under the bill, the Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act, all wildfires on Interior Department- or Agriculture Department-administered lands would be subject to a half-hour response standard.

In a statement, Sheehy and Kim noted that the National Fire Protection Association currently has a five-minute,........

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