COORDINATION OF RESPONSE TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

SEC. 203. COORDINATION OF RESPONSE TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY. (a) In General.—Section 10 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2209) is amended—(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: “(b) Mutual Aid Systems.—“(1) In general.—The Administrator shall provide technical assistance and training to State and local fire service officials to establish nationwide and State mutual aid systems for dealing with national emergencies that—“(A) include threat assessment and equipment deployment strategies; “(B) include means of collecting asset and resource information to provide accurate and timely data for regional deployment; and “(C) are consistent with the Federal Response Plan. “(2) Model mutual aid plans.—The Administrator shall develop and make available to State and local fire service officials model mutual aid plans for both intrastate and interstate assistance.”. (b) Report on Strategic Needs.—Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Science on the need for a strategy concerning deployment of volunteers and emergency response personnel (as defined in section 6 of the Firefighters’ Safety Study Act (15 117 STAT. 2039 U.S.C. 2223e)), including a national credentialing system, in the event of a national emergency. (c) Report on Federal Response Plan.—Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Department of Homeland Security shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the House of Representatives Committee on Science describing plans for revisions to the Federal Response Plan and its integration into the National Response Plan, including how the revised plan will address response to terrorist attacks, particularly in urban areas, including fire detection and suppression and related emergency services.