REPORT ON REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS ON AIR FORCE BASES.

SEC. 326. REPORT ON REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS ON AIR FORCE BASES. To ensure that the Air Force is meeting the minimum safety standards for staffing, equipment, and training, as required by Department of Defense Installation and Environment Instruction 6055.6, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress, by not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the effects of the reduction in the number of fire fighters on Air Force bases during the three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. Such report shall include each of the following:(1) An evaluation of current fire fighting capability of the Air Force and whether the reduction in the number of fire fighters on Air Force bases has increased the risk of harm to either fire fighters or those they may serve in response to an emergency.(2) An evaluation of whether adequate capability exists in the municipal communities surrounding the Air Force bases covered by the report to support a base aircraft rescue or to respond to a fire involving a combat aircraft, cargo aircraft, or weapon system.(3) An evaluation of the effects that the reductions in fire fighting personnel or functions have had on the certifications of Air Force base fire departments.(4) If the Secretary determines that reductions in the number of fire fighting personnel during the fiscal years covered by the report have negatively affected the ability of fire fighters on Air Forces bases to perform their missions, a plan to restore the fire fighting personnel needed to adequately support such missions.