2022 south dakota state fire assistance, bipartisan infrastructure law funding

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety will receive $215,720 through September 2027 under a Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant is funded through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance federal program (CFDA 10.698).

The Department will use the grant funds to support wildland fire prevention, control, and prescribed burning activities on non-federal forest and other rural lands in South Dakota, as administered through the South Dakota Wildland Fire Division. Specifically, the Division will assist in controlling rural fires and developing new techniques for the prevention and suppression of wildfires affecting non-federal forest areas and agricultural lands across the state. The grant aims to enhance cooperation between state and local agencies in managing fire threats to non-federal lands, consistent with the objectives of the Cooperative Fire Assistance program.