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FireSmart Community Funding and Supports | Union of BC Municipalities

September 30, 2024

Value

Maximum of $200,000 per year (for up to two years).

Description

The FireSmart Community Funding and Supports program provides funding to local governments and First Nations in BC to increase community resiliency by undertaking community-based FireSmart planning and activities that reduce the community’s risk from wildfire.

Eligible Applicants

All First Nations (bands, Treaty First Nations, and Indigenous National Governments with authority for lands and resources) and local governments (municipalities and regional districts) in BC are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants can submit one application per funding stream intake. This includes applying as a partnering applicant in a regional application. For the purpose of the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports program the following are also able to act as a primary applicant:

  • An emergency management organization that is created by a regional district bylaw and approved by the Province of BC may act as the primary applicant on behalf of eligible applicants that participate in the established emergency management service. When acting as a primary applicant on behalf of eligible applicants, the regional emergency management organization may submit more than one application per funding stream intake provided that each eligible First Nation or local government that
    is included as a sub-applicant is only funded once per intake.
  • An Indigenous governing body with authority for emergency management may act as the primary applicant on behalf of eligible First Nations. The Indigenous governing body may submit more than one application per funding stream intake provided that each eligible First Nation that is included as a sub-applicant is only funded once per intake.

Eligible Expenses

Eligible applicants can apply for 100% of the cost of eligible activities as follows:

  • Eligible applicants with a higher risk of wildfire, generally demonstrated by WUI Risk Class 1 to 3, can apply for a maximum of $200,000 per year (for up to two years).
  • Eligible applicants with a lower risk of wildfire, generally demonstrated by WUI Risk Class 4 and 5, can apply for maximum of $150,000 per year (for up to two years).

Deadline Date

Eligible applicants may submit one application between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024.

Contact

Contact Name: Local Government Program Services

Phone Number: 604-270-8226 ext. 220

E-mail Address: cri@ubcm.ca

Website: https://www.ubcm.ca/cri/firesmart-community-funding-supports

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