Western Wildland Urban Interface Grant Program

Grant Details:
Application Due Date: August 2012 est

Description: 

Overview

The National Fire Plan (NFP) is a long-term strategy for reducing the effects of catastrophic wildfires throughout the nation. The DNRC NFP Program is implemented partly within the Forestry Division's Fire and Aviation Management Bureau (FAMB) through existing state and private forestry programs which are: The County Cooperative Fire Program and The State Fire Assistance Program.

Congress has provided increased funding assistance to states through the USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry programs since 2001. The focus of much of this additional funding was mitigating risk in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. In the West, the State Fire Assistance (SFA) funding is available and awarded through a competitive process with emphasis on hazard fuel reduction, information and education, and community and homeowner action. This portion of the National Fire Plan was developed to assist interface communities manage the unique hazards they find around them. Long-term solutions to interface challenges require informing and educating people who live in these areas about what they and their local organizations can do to mitigate these hazards.

The 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy focuses on assisting people and communities in the WUI to moderate the threat of catastrophic fire through the four broad goals of improving prevention and suppression, reducing hazardous fuels, restoring fire-adapted ecosystems, and promoting community assistance. The Western States Wildland Urban Interface Grant may be used to apply for financial assistance towards hazardous fuels and educational projects within the following four goals.

Grant Criteria

1. Reduce Hazardous Fuels/ Restore Fire-adapted Ecosystems

2. Improve Prevention/ Education in the Interface

3. Planning Homeowner Action

Eligible States

Member state of the Council of Western State Foresters, plus the Pacific Islands. Member states are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Pacific Islands include: Territory of American Samoa, Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Territory of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Republic of the Marshall Islands.

WUI Grant Overview and Application Process (PPT)

Program instructions (doc)

Application (pdf)

Organization Information:
Organization: U.S. Fire Administration
Website: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/harvard/index.shtm

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Arlene Weber-Sword
Contact Email: arleneweber-sword@alaska.gov
Contact Phone: 907-269-8471

More Information:
http://forestry.alaska.gov/fire/cwpp/wuigrants.htm