USFS Wildfire Start Rapid Detection
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – Wildland Fire Management
Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Preparedness”
Authorization:
P.L. 117-58
10
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2026
Description
Funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) “for entering into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and operate a program that makes use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts in all areas in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture has financial responsibility for wildland fire protection and prevention.”Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2016 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2017 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2018 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2019 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2021 | — | — | — | — |
| FY2022 | — | — | 10,000,000 | — |
| FY2023 | — | — | — | |
| FY2024 | — | — | — | |
| FY2025 | — | — | ||
| FY2026 | — | — |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: Yes – New
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No
*In FY2021, the U.S. Forest Service implemented a new budget line item for salaries and expenses across all Forest Service programs – costs that had previously been incorporated into each program’s budget line item. This re-structuring makes it difficult to compare program spending before and after FY2021.