FireSmart Pilot Program for Regional District Cooperative Community Wildfire Response Organizations

The 2025 FireSmart Pilot Program for Regional District Community Wildfire Response Organizations will have an open intake. Funding permitting, eligible applicants can submit applications between October 1, 2024 and May 30, 2025.

The FireSmart Pilot Program for Regional District Cooperative Community Wildfire Response Organizations provides funding to regional districts in BC to increase community resiliency and to help build a cooperative pathway for wildfire response by undertaking training and purchasing Personal Protective Equipment for local community members in areas that do not fall within a structural fire protection jurisdiction area.

Funding permitting, eligible applicants can submit applications between October 1, 2024 and May 30, 2025.
- 2025 FireSmart Pilot Program for Regional District CCWR Organizations - Program and Application Guide
- Step 1 | Online Application Form
  
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Application Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
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  Step 2 | Application Worksheet
  
  This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
  More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.
  A sample worksheet can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Application Worksheet. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.