Wildfire Adapted Partnership will implement Archuleta County, Colorado's Community Wildfire Protection Plan from 2023 through 2028 under a $1.48 million project grant from the USDA Forest Service. Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720), the project involves assessing wildfire risks and developing mitigation strategies to protect life, property, and natural resources from wildfire damage. As a non-profit organization...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant to the Honey Lake Valley Resource Conservation District on May 26, 2022 to support post-fire disaster recovery assistance for affected landowners and communities in Lassen County, California. The grant is being administered under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664) to provide disaster recovery services through March 31, 2027. Specifically, the grant will fund recovery...
The County of Sierra in California was awarded a $203,550 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant funding will support the development and updating of the County's Community Wildfire Protection Plan, as well as the implementation of wildfire mitigation projects outlined in the updated plan. Key activities to be funded include conducting wildfire risk...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the Pinetop Volunteer Fire District a $1,062,908.04 project grant under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA 97.044) on August 24, 2021. The grant will support the District's efforts to enhance public and firefighter safety with respect to fire and fire-related hazards through August 23, 2023. Specifically, the funding will allow the District to provide critical safety equipment and resources to its firefighters serving...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the Idyllwild Fire Protection District a $100,000.08 Project Grant under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA 97.044). The grant will fund the District's efforts to enhance public and firefighter safety with respect to fire and fire-related hazards from September 2022 through September 2024. As the goal of the AFG Program is to improve safety for citizens and emergency responders facing fire dangers, the District will use...
The Timberline Fire Protection District was awarded a $908,279 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant, awarded on March 12, 2025, with a performance period ending on March 12, 2027, will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities that deliver critical services to the rural residents of Black Hawk, Colorado. The grant funds will likely be used...
The North Tahoe Fire Protection District was awarded a $128,122.45 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA #97.044). The grant period runs from August 31, 2021 through August 30, 2022. The AFG Program aims to enhance public and firefighter safety related to fires and fire hazards. Funding will support the North Tahoe Fire Protection District in delivering services that further this goal within their...
This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), provides $599,998.00 to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) to maintain three shaded fuel breaks along the American River in Placer County. The grant aims to reduce hazardous fuels and mitigate wildfire risks in the Wildland Urban Interface. The project will be...
The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District was awarded a $3.9 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (CFDA 97.044) on September 22, 2022. The grant will support the district's efforts to enhance public and firefighter safety with respect to fire and fire-related hazards through the completion date of September 21, 2024. The goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is to improve first responder safety...
The Timber Lakes Volunteer Fire Department Inc. received a $102,320.00 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) program. The goal of this program is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The funding will support the Timber Lakes Volunteer Fire Department's efforts to deliver products and services over the 2-year award period from August 9, 2023...