S. 5439 — A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to improve safety standards for wildland firefighters.

This section requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and other agencies, to develop within one year a strategy for making appropriate respiratory personal protective equipment available to wildland firefighters and supporting staff when smoke exposure exceeds the permissible limits established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It also directs the Secretary to convene a task force to develop interim smoke exposure standards and to incorporate by reference the NFPA 1984 standard on respirators for wildland firefighting.