2008 Rural Fire Assistance with BIA, BLM, NPS & USFWS - Request for Pre-Applications - Fire/Rescue Grants

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants include: Rural/volunteer fire departments, states agencies, counties, non-profits that must be party to an agreement with the State Forester (or equivalent) or Tribe, or a cooperative fire agreement with a DOI bureau, including Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). See the program guidance for eligibility guidelines.

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• Program Overview, Process and Procedure

How can the 2008 Rural Fire Assistance with BIA, BLM, NPS & USFWS - Request for Pre-Applications help your Fire/Rescue department?

• Increase local firefighter safety
• Enhance fire protection capabilities
• Expected Number of Awards: 50
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $590,000,000
• Award Ceiling: $20,000
• Cost Sharing or Matching: The RFD must share a minimum of 10% of the total proposed project costs. The 10% RFD share may be direct funding of this portion of the total (cash) or may be covered by the allocation of in-kind goods or services
• CHIEF offers the free services of grant consultants to assist you throughout the application process **

Application Deadline: March 14, 2008, 4 p.m.

Sponsor:
United States Department of the Interior (DOI)

What is it?

The RFA program provides funding to improve the capacity and capabilities of rural and volunteer fire departments (RFDs) that protect rural communities and play a substantial cooperative role in the suppression of wildland fires within, or in the vicinity of lands managed by the DOI. RFA is intended to increase local firefighter safety and enhance the fire protection capabilities of Rural Fire Departments (RFD) by helping RFDs meet accepted standards of wildland fire qualifications, training, and performance for initial and extended attack at the local level. The RFA program also seeks to decrease wildland fire-related losses to rural economies through enhanced local fire protection; and to help reduce Federal, state, tribal and local expenditures on wildland fire suppression, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.