FEMA AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO HELP FIGHT STRAWBERRY FIRE IN PONDERA AND
TETON COUNTIES, MONTANA AND BLACKFEET NATION
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210318/fema-authorizes-funds-help-fight-strawberry-fire-pondera-and-teton-counties]


Release Date: 
Tháng 9 12, 2017 

DENVER - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal
funds to help with firefighting costs for the Strawberry Fire in
Pondera and Teton Counties, Montana and a portion of the Blackfeet
Nation.

FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Nancy J. Dragani approved the
state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant
(FMAG) after receiving the state’s request Tuesday afternoon.

At the time of the request, the fire was threatening 165 homes. The
fire is also threatening tribal cultural resources, power distribution
facilities, irrigation, and the Birch Creek watershed in the area. 
The fire started on August 25, 2017, and has burned in excess of
19,486 acres of state and private land.  The fire is zero percent
contained.

The authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of
the state’s eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for
managing, mitigating and controlling designated fires. These grants DO
NOT provide assistance to individual home or business owners and do
not cover other infrastructure damage caused by the fire.

Fire Management Assistance Grants are provided through the President's
Disaster Relief Fund and made available by FEMA to assist in fighting
fires that threaten to cause a major disaster. Eligible items can
include expenses for field camps; equipment use, repair and
replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools,
materials and supplies.