BLM OR-WA Washington State Ready Reserve Program - Fire Preparedness

Funding Opportunity Number: L15AS00006 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.228Eligible Applicants State governmentsAgency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Jan 31, 2015Award Ceiling: $104,360Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Dec 22, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: Rural and community fire departments are an integral and important component of the nation's wildland fire community. Their first-response capabilities are crucial to the success of land management agencies in protecting lives and values at risk. Their services result in tremendous cost savings to taxpayers. The goal of the Ready Reserve program is to enhance the safety and effectiveness of rural fire departments responding to wildland fire incidents. Over time, enhanced training and improved local coordination capabilities will facilitate the development of local response organizations in many areas. These organizations will be skilled and prepared sufficiently to safely manage low complexity wildfire incidents within their jurisdictions. Fire management's primary focus is to reduce risks to communities, protect the public and improvements, and to prevent damage to natural and cultural resources through the prevention and suppression of fires. This program will provide wildland fire training to rural and volunteer fire departments to enhance safety, effecti...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding