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...
The Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact will receive $606,208 under a Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region. The grant funding supports the State Fire Assistance and Volunteer Fire Assistance to Equip and Train Fire Personnel for National Mobility and to Meet the National and Eastern Region program objectives. Specifically, the Compact will use the award to assist in controlling rural fires, preventing and suppressing...
The federal Project Grant award of $763,020.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 9 - Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant was awarded on August 14, 2024 to the Big Rivers Forest Fire Management Compact, a non-profit organization located in Martinsville, Indiana. The grant funding supports a multi-year effort to equip and train fire personnel for national mobility, and to meet national and regional...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $568,374 Project Grant to the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection, doing business as the Northeast Forest Fire Compact, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, with a period of performance from August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028, supports the Compact's efforts to coordinate wildland fire prevention, control, and management across the Northeastern United States and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $624,000 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection, operating as the Northeast Forest Fire Compact. The award, effective June 26, 2024 through June 25, 2029, supports a range of critical wildland fire management and prevention activities across the Northeastern United States and adjacent Canadian provinces. Key services delivered...
The Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact was awarded a $282,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.698). The grant will support the Compact's efforts to provide rural fire prevention, control, and prescribed burn services on non-federal forest and other rural lands from August 16, 2021 through September 30, 2024 in New Hampshire. As outlined in the program...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.698). The grant will fund the WILDFIRE RESPONSE: ADVANCED TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE FOR WILDLAND RESPONSE IN MICHIGAN project from July 8, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The project aims to assist in controlling rural fires and developing prescribed fire...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $486,386 Project Grant to the West Virginia Division Of Forestry under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This grant supports the Division's efforts to control rural fires, prevent and suppress wildfires, and promote prescribed burning on non-federal forest and other rural lands across West Virginia. Key activities include providing wildland fire prevention and management...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA #10.698). The grant will support wildfire risk reduction activities in Pennsylvania from June 2021 through June 2024. The State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist in controlling and preventing rural fires on...
The Mid-Atlantic Forest Fire Protection Compact received a $445,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service on March 3, 2023 to support fire capacity and prevention efforts through September 30, 2026. Funded through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), the award will assist the Compact in controlling rural fires, preventing and suppressing wildfires on non-federal forest and other rural lands in the Mid-Atlantic...