Priority community risk reduction in hawaii

The Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO) was awarded a $310,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region to carry out the PRIORITY COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION IN HAWAII program. The grant was awarded on September 7, 2022 under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA #10.698), with a completion date of September 30, 2024.

The State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist in controlling rural fires and developing prescribed fire techniques on non-federal lands. With this funding, HWMO will work to prevent, control, and suppress wildfires while promoting prescribed fire use on non-federal forest and other rural lands in Hawaii. This project supports the program's goals of reducing wildfire risk and improving forest management in at-risk communities across the state.