2023 Micro-Grant Awards
Project Spotlights
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2023 Micro-Grant Awards:
Anderson Valley Fire Department is purchasing an equipment trailer to store and transport tools and equipment for prescribed burns.
Black Bart Fire Safe Council is working to clear brush along its roads, to slow wildfire and make evacuation and first-responder access faster and safer.
Hopland Fire Prevention District is installing water tanks at either side of its service area.
Hulls Valley Fire Safe Council (north of Covelo) is also purchasing a water tank and pump equipment.
Long Valley Fire Protection District (Laytonville) is providing defensible-space home assessments, to help individual homeowners know how to be best prepared.
McNab Ranch Fire Safe Council (south of Ukiah) will get new road signs and reflective address signs, after roads were re-named and parcels re-numbered.
Navarro Fire Safe Council is installing a tank for 10,000 gallons of additional emergency water feeding a new hydrant system.
Point Arena Fire Safe Council is training Fire Safe Ambassadors, printing outreach materials, and presenting a wildfire-safety component at a community event.
Redwood Coast Fire Protection District is purchasing a commercial-grade thermal-imaging drone, including certification training for its operators, for uses such as fire detection, scouting rural roads and terrain, and mapping.
Ridgewood Ranch Volunteer Fire Department (south of Willits) is purchasing and refurbishing a used fire engine.
South Coast Fire Protection District will purchase Knox Locks and Knox Boxes to facilitate emergency access through locked gates.
String Creek and Tartar Canyon Fire Safe Council (outside Willits) is installing a water tank.
Westport Fire Safe Council is collaborating with several groups to accomplish roadside clearing and other fuel-reduction projects.
Whale Gulch Fire Safe Council (North Coast) is focusing on clean-up from winter storms, to clear downed trees and brush encroaching on access roads.
Wildwood Fire Safe Council (Laytonville) will purchase new water tanks and re-locate existing ones to more accessible locations.
Yorkville Fire Safe Council received funds in support of the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve’s Prescribed Burn education, outreach and planning project.
The String Creek Fire Safe Council received a Micro-Grant in 2023 to purchase a strategically located water tank for emergency fire-suppression.
