{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-827","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-827","heading":"Wildfire control; Nebraska Emergency Management Agency; duties; legislative intent; report; contents.","body":"(1) Pursuant to the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall contract for all costs to place one single-engine air tanker in Nebraska for use in fighting wildfires.\n(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency deploy the single-engine air tanker quickly and without delay so as to prevent the rapid spread of wildfires upon ignition.\n(3) The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall prepare a report on or before December 1 of each year describing (a) the date and time each request to deploy a single-engine air tanker is made to the agency, (b) the date and time a single-engine air tanker was deployed in response to a request for such a tanker, (c) an explanation of the reason for any delay of more than one hour from the time of a request for deployment of a single-engine air tanker and the time of the actual deployment of such a tanker, and (d) an explanation of the reason for the denial of a request to deploy a single-engine air tanker. The report shall be submitted electronically to the Governor and to the Clerk of the Legislature.","path":["Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=81-827","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"f0552464be9c3094f6cac41b9e32f87dded1642261d07e0ab172b2a72b7ba5f3","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-826","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-828"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}