{"id":3931,"date":"2019-09-18T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-secures-funding-for-national-guard-wildfire-training\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:25","slug":"merkley-secures-funding-for-national-guard-wildfire-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-secures-funding-for-national-guard-wildfire-training\/","title":{"rendered":"MERKLEY OBTIENE FINANCIACI\u00d3N PARA LA FORMACI\u00d3N SOBRE INCENDIOS FORESTALES DE LA GUARDIA NACIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley has announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee included $8.5 million in the Department of Defense appropriations bill to train National Guard members to fight wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>A release from Merkley said the funding is a $1.5 million increase over the last two years, when Merkley first secured the additional resources to fight wildfires across the west. The bill passed out of committee late last week.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley said as seen during previous year&rsquo;s devastating fire seasons, shortages of trained firefighters can &ldquo;put a huge squeeze on fire suppression efforts at the very moment they are most needed&rdquo;. He said getting Guard members trained will mean more people fighting fires more quickly and with the additional funding, &ldquo;Oregonians and communities across the west will be safer during fire season&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The release said between fiscal years 2018 and 2020, Merkley has secured $22.5 million for training National Guard members to combat fires. In Oregon, the funding this past fire season allowed training for 355 members to assist with wildfire fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The next step for the legislation is a full Senate vote, eventually merging with a counterpart bill from the House in order to be passed by both chambers and eventually signed into law.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley has announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee included $8.5 million in the Department of Defense appropriations bill to train National Guard members to fight wildfires. 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