FEMA AWARDS BOULDER COUNTY $1.2 MILLION FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-awards-boulder-county-12-million-wildfire-mitigation]


Release Date: 
April 12, 2019 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced a federal
grant for the State of Colorado that will make more than $1.2 million
dollars available to Boulder County to help mitigate the against
wildfires.

The grant will fund two wildfire mitigation actions.  The first is
work to create defensible space for approximately 500 properties. 
The second is hazardous fuels reduction in an area of about 160 acres
that will provide further protection on 27 properties where defensible
space creation was previously completed.

Homeowner efforts to create defensible space will not just be a
one-time effort. They will join the county's wildfire mitigation
program, Wildfire Partners, to support continued maintenance of
defensible space over the long-term and conduct comprehensive
mitigation efforts to effectively reduce wildfire risk in a community
that has been severely affected by wildfire. 

FEMA is providing 75 percent of the project costs, a total of
$1,215,630.82. Funding is provided through FEMA’s Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Grant Program, which is designed to assist states, U.S.
territories, federally-recognized tribes, and local communities in
implementing a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation
program. The goal is to reduce overall risk to the population and
structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on
federal funding in future disasters. 

Additional information about FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant
Program can be found at
https://www.fema.gov/pre-disaster-mitigation-grant-program.