Project Grant 301818G225

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Region (Region 8) awarded $389,159 to the Virginia Department of Forestry under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) on September 5, 2025. This five-year project grant, with a completion date of September 4, 2030, provides financial assistance, technical training, equipment, and technology to support Virginia's wildland fire protection program. The funding enables the state forestry agency...

This FISCAL YEAR 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE award, provided by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698), will provide $311,940.00 to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (FOA) to assist in the control of rural fires, prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest lands and other non-federal lands...

The Colorado Department of Public Safety was awarded a $254,120 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support rural volunteer fire assistance efforts through September 2027. The grant funding will support the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's goal of assisting non-federal forest and rural landowners in controlling and preventing rural fires. Specifically, the grant will aid Colorado's efforts to control, suppress, and strategically...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1.8 million cooperative agreement to Reax Engineering, Inc. from January 2023 through October 2027 under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The award will support Reax Engineering's development of a FIRES COMPARISON DASHBOARD to assist the Forest Service with the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program's goals related to rural fire prevention, control, suppression and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded $170,000 to the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation on July 24, 2025, under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). This Project Grant supports the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program in Montana, which provides financial, technical, and related assistance to rural volunteer fire departments serving communities with populations under 10,000. Eligible departments must be...

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

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) was awarded $684,000 under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region). The award, dated November 25, 2025, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2029, will support critical firefighter readiness and operational capacity enhancements through four primary deliverables: training for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 8 (Southern Region), awarded the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services a $446,075 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) on September 5, 2025. The grant, which extends through September 4, 2030, provides financial assistance, technical training, equipment, and technology to support the delivery of an efficient, uniform, and coordinated wildland fire...

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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R2-Rocky Mountain Region under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) provides $474,015.00 to Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division to assist in the control of rural fires, fire prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-federal forest lands and other non-federal lands in Colorado. The award period runs from July 24, 2023...