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Proclamation 10978 is a presidential proclamation designating October 5–11, 2025 as Fire Prevention Week in the United States. It is a symbolic observance declaration — it carries no regulatory force — calling on Americans and communities to engage in fire prevention awareness and safety activities during that period.
As a proclamation, it creates no new legal requirements or regulations. It references two previously signed Executive Orders — one directing the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture to consolidate their wildland fire programs, promote local preparedness, and deploy AI and data-sharing tools for wildfire detection and response; and one to expedite hazardous waste cleanup in California following earlier 2025 wildfires. It also references a previously enacted law providing permanent pay increases for federal wildland firefighters. The proclamation itself adds nothing new beyond the formal designation of the one-week observance period.
Federal agencies — particularly the Departments of Interior and Agriculture — are directed by the referenced Executive Orders (not this proclamation) to restructure wildland fire programs, though those obligations stem from those earlier orders. The general public, especially households, is encouraged (not required) to take practical safety steps such as testing smoke alarms monthly, creating fire escape plans, and identifying home fire hazards. Federal wildland firefighters and first responders are recognized and acknowledged as beneficiaries of the previously enacted pay legislation.