Cooperative Agreement L08AC13279

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,654,054.05 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc. (IAFC) on July 31, 2024. The grant is funded through the USDA's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), which supports wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands. Under this Cooperative Agreement, the IAFC will provide comprehensive support to the Wildland...

The Colorado Department of Public Safety was awarded a $254,120 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support rural volunteer fire assistance efforts through September 2027. The grant funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's goal of assisting non-federal forest and rural landowners in controlling and preventing rural fires. Specifically, the grant will aid Colorado's efforts to control, suppress, and strategically...

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management was awarded a $307,450 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support volunteer fire assistance activities in Arizona through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will fund efforts from August 2022 through September 2025 to assist in controlling rural fires and developing strategies to prevent, control, suppress, and strategically use fires on...

The Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps, a division of the Puerto Rico Fire Department, received a $453,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA #10.698). The funding will be used to provide fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed burning services on non-federal lands in Puerto Rico from July 2023...

This FISCAL YEAR 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE award, provided by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), will provide $311,940.00 to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (FOA) to assist in the control of rural fires, prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest lands and other non-federal lands...

The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) was awarded a $504,239 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to provide wildland urban interface training through September 2024. The grant was awarded under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), which supports efforts to control rural and non-federal forest fires through prevention, prescribed burns, and fire suppression assistance. IAFF will use the funding to deliver...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1.8 million cooperative agreement to Reax Engineering, Inc. from January 2023 through October 2027 under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The award will support Reax Engineering's development of a FIRES COMPARISON DASHBOARD to assist the Forest Service with the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's goals related to rural fire prevention, control, suppression and...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $491,000 Project Grant to Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact on July 8, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to equip and train fire personnel for national mobility. Specifically, the funding will support efforts to assist in controlling rural fires, preventing and suppressing wildfires on non-federal forest and...

The $659,140 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service will support the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's provision of volunteer fire assistance under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. Specifically, the funding will equip California volunteer firefighters through December 2023. The State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist control of rural fires and development of new...

The Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact received a $601,000 project grant award from the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The funding will support fire training and capacity building activities for state and volunteer fire personnel through September 2027. Specifically, the grant will equip and train non-federal forest and rural land fire personnel to increase national mobility and ensure they...