Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Preparedness

Provide funding to local governments with fire protection responsibilities to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines.

Climate change is driving the devastating intersection of extreme heat, drought, and wildland fire danger across the United States, creating wildfires that move with a speed and intensity previously unseen. This has created conditions in which wildfires overwhelm response capabilities, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses, damage to natural resources, devastation to communities, and the tragic loss of human life. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, more commonly known as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted in November 2021, is bringing much-needed support to communities across the country to increase the resilience of lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighter. The BIL provides funding and authorizes the Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop and implement a pilot program to provide local governments financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines.

This listing is restricted to the entities identified above that have fire protection responsibilities.

The funds will be used by local governments with fire protection responsibilities to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines.

Assistance will be available in FY24. The funds will remain available until expended by the grantee pursuant to the terms and conditions of the award and the authority under which the funds were appropriated.

The criteria for selecting proposals will be detailed in the notice of funding opportunity

All applicants will be initially screened for eligibility and compliance with the requirements stated in the notice of funding opportunity, program regulations and statutes. All timely submitted and qualified proposals are reviewed by program staff and a financial assistance official. Unsuccessful applicants will receive notice in writing. All approved grants will be awarded using GrantSolutions. Recipient requests for reimbursement will be made using the U.S. Department of Treasury's Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP).

Additional information may be available in the Notice of Funding Opportunity as posted on Grants.gov and may be obtained by contacting the point of contact listed in the announcement.

Final award decisions are not subject to appeal; however, the U.S. Department of Interior's Office, through the Interior Business Center, will provide all applicants with information on why their application submission was not selected for award.