Assistance program
BIA Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance
$43.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants);Use of Property, Facilities, and Equipment;Dissemination of Technical Information;Training
- CFDA number
- 15.160
- What it does
- To implement the National Fire Plan and assist communities at risk from catastrophic wildland fires by providing assistance in the following areas: Provide community programs that develop local capability including; assessment and planning, mitigation activities, and community and homeowner education and action; plan and implement hazardous fuels reduction activities, including the training, monitoring or maintenance associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on federal land, or on adjacent nonfederal land for activities that mitigate the threat of catastrophic fire to communities and natural resources in high risk areas; enhance local and small business employment opportunities for rural communities; enhance the knowledge and fire protection capability of rural fire districts by providing assistance in education and training; assist with the prevention and detection of wildfires to reduce the risk and impact to communities and their values.
- Who benefits
- States and local governments at risk as published in the Federal Register, Indian Tribes, public and private education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and rural fire departments serving a community with a population of 10,000 or less in the wildland/urban interface.
- Who applies
- States and local governments at risk as published in the Federal Register, Indian Tribes, public and private education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and rural fire departments serving a community with a population of 10,000 or less in the wildland/urban interface.
- Authorized by
- Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-53, Division E, Title I, Department-wide Programs, Wildland Fire Management; This program was first implemented in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriat…
- Program site
- https://www.bia.gov/bia/ots/dwfm ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$43.7M
100%
Other
$20.1K
<1%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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Direct payments