Block Grant A13AV00367

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD), in cooperation with the Carson City Fire Department (CCFD), received a $779,497.87 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228). The funding will support a multi-pronged effort to address the threat of wildfires in the communities of New Washoe City, East Washoe Valley, and Northeast Carson City, Nevada. The key products and services to be...

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...

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 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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.016) provides $166,948 to National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions), a non-profit organization, to serve as the expert providing ad-hoc fire protection engineering services across the BLM. The key activities under this award include reviewing and providing technical comments on fire protection system designs, performing inspections and testing of fire...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will receive $300,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct wildfire risk reduction activities under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. From September 2022 through August 2026, the Preserve will perform fuel reduction and habitat restoration work in the Albany Pine Bush to control rural and wildland fires. The Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist non-federal...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674), awarded Clackamas County Fire District NO. 1 a $200,000 project grant effective September 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for September 15, 2028. The award supports prescribed fire management and fuels reduction activities across national wildlife refuges in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho operated by...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $1,233,398 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support the Wisconsin State Fire Assistance program from June 2021 through June 2024. The grant funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's objective to assist in controlling rural fires and developing prescribed fire techniques on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Wisconsin. Specifically, the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $196,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This funding supports IAWF's efforts to enhance collaboration in wildland fire management over a three-year period from April 2024 to December 2026. Through this Cooperative Agreement, IAWF will organize major international conferences and facilitate...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $282,000 through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources on September 15, 2025. This Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)-funded project provides wildfire preparedness support to volunteer fire departments serving communities with populations under 10,000 in Washington State. The grant supports approximately 50 communities by...