FEMA AUTHORIZES FUNDS TO FIGHT MILE MARKER 132 FIRE IN OREGON
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240805/fema-authorizes-funds-fight-mile-marker-132-fire-oregon]


Release Date: 
Tháng 8 5, 2024 

BOTHELL, WASH. -  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs
for the Mile Marker 132 Fire burning in Deschutes County, Oregon. 

The state of Oregon’s request for a federal Fire Management
Assistance Grant
[https://www.fema.gov/fire-management-assistance-grant-program] (FMAG)
was approved by FEMA Region 10 Administrator Willie G. Nunn on Friday,
August, 2, 2024, at 8:53 p.m. PT. He determined that the Mile Marker
132 Fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a
major disaster. This is the eighth FMAG declared in 2024 to help
fight Oregon wildfires. 

At the time of the state’s request, the wildfire threatened homes in
and around the Boyds Acres subdivision near Bend. The fire also
threatened Highway 97 and Bonneville Power Administration transmission
lines. 

FMAGs are provided through the President's Disaster Relief Fund and
are 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. This
authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of
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. 

In addition to the firefighting funds authorized under this FMAG,
another $985,111 will be available to Oregon through the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post Fire
[https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/post-fire] for the mitigation
of future wildfires and related hazards, such as flood after fire or
erosion. Some eligible wildfire project types include defensible space
measures, ignition-resistant construction and hazardous fuels
reduction. The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/disaster-recovery-reform-act-2018]
authorizes FEMA to provide HMGP Post-Fire
[https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program-post-fire] funds
to eligible states and territories that receive Fire Management
Assistance declarations and federally recognized tribes that have
land burned within a designated area.  

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