Deadline: 29-Nov-2024
Wawanesa Insurance in partnership with FireSmart Canada and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) has launched the Community Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to help communities across Canada reduce their risk of loss from wildfire through prevention activities.
Funding Information
- 10 grants of up to $15,000 each
Duration
- Project activities must begin in 2025 but not prior to March 1st 2025. Work on the project cannot extend beyond a 12-month period.
Eligible Activities
- The grant funding is intended to support wildfire risk reduction and prevention activities in your community. The activities you propose in your project should be aimed at mitigating or preventing damages to your community caused by wildfires.
- Prevention: reducing likelihood of wildfire, ex. changing behaviours
- Mitigation: reducing impacts of wildfires, ex. fuel reduction
Eligibility Criteria
- Any of the following applicants may apply:
- Fire Departments
- Municipalities
- Indigenous Communities
- Home/Neighborhood associations
- Non-Profit/Charitable Organizations
- Citizen Groups/Volunteer Community Groups
- Applicants may not be any of the following:
- A previous Wawanesa Community Wildfire Grant recipient community
- A privately held for-profit company or corporation
- Individual land/property owners requesting a grant specifically for single dwelling or residential property prevention projects
- Applications from disproportionally affected communities may be prioritized.
For more information, visit Wawanesa Insurance.