Cooperative Agreement L10AC20428

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...

This Project Grant award of $257,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) in delivering critical services related to wildfire prevention, control, and management across non-federal forest and rural lands. The grant, effective July 15, 2024 through September 30, 2026, funds NASF's role as a representative and coordinator for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $245,590.00 to the Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Prevention and Control, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) on September 12, 2025. This Project Grant funds the establishment and operation of four wildfire training academies designed to train approximately 1,200 firefighters across Colorado. The training initiative directly supports rural fire departments in...

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 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 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...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Association of State Foresters received a $492,677 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), awarded August 26, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. This award funds two critical personnel positions essential to coordinating and deploying state firefighting resources to address national wildland fire response...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $580,800 Cooperative Agreement to the Columbia Land Trust under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to address increased wildfire risk in dry eastside forest landscapes in Washington by reducing ladder fuels, promoting ponderosa pine forest structure, and improving snag recruitment on 264 acres of conservation lands owned and managed by the Columbia...

This $338,400 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) supports the Association For Fire Ecology in increasing public benefits from fire ecology and management. The key activities to be funded over the 2-year period include hazardous fuels reduction, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention education, incident management support, and capacity building for fire departments and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, through its State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), awarded $327,266 to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services on September 5, 2025. This five-year project grant, with a completion date of September 4, 2030, provides financial assistance, technical training, equipment, and technology to support North Carolina's delivery of an efficient, uniform, and coordinated wildland...