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qualifying incident

Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.

the term “qualifying incident”—

(A) means—

(i) a wildfire incident, a prescribed fire incident, or a severity incident; or

(ii) an incident that the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior determines is similar in nature to an incident described in clause (i); and

(B) does not include an initial response incident that is contained within 36 hours; and

Source

  • 2026–present5 U.S.C. § 5545cGovernment Organization and Employees · Incident response premium pay for employees engaged in wildland firefighting · in this section