The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service is accepting applications for its 2025 State Fire Capacity Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Donor Name: Forest Service
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/22/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
State Fire Capacity (SFC) Wildfire Hazard Mitigation priorities are consistent with the goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
- Restore and Maintain Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are resilient to fire-related disturbances, in accordance with management objectives.
- Create Fire Adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure can withstand a wildfire without loss of life or property.
Additionally, SFC priorities reflect the national USFS priorities of improving the condition of forests, and grasslands, promoting shared stewardship by increasing partnerships and volunteerism, and by being good neighbors and providing excellent customer service.
SFC Wildfire Hazard Mitigation application activities should clearly focus on identifying and creating fire adapted communities by:
- Reducing hazardous fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)
- Developing, and implementing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs)
- Providing prevention and mitigation education, and/or
- By achieving Fire Adapted Community and Firewise programming and other community hazard mitigation activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,500,000.
- The minimum/ maximum project amount is between $25,000-$300,000.
Grant Period
The grant term is (5) years.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
