2024 Micro-Grant Awards

Sep 4

Written By Torrey Douglass

Albion Little River Fire Safe Council (FSC) will hire help to organize residents into neighborhood groups to enhance wildfire preparedness and response.
Brooktrails Township Community Service District will acquire a portable, collapsible water tank and associated equipment for wildfire incidents.
Comptche Preparedness FSC will establish a Neighborhood Captains Emergency Radio Network for community-wide communication.
Covelo Fire Protection District (FPD) will procure a water bladder and equipment to increase the capacity and functionality of their water tender.
Fox Rock and Woodman Creek FSC will complete fuel-reduction projects and roadside work to improve emergency access and open up alternative evacuation routes.
Hopland FPD will purchase two water tanks to place on McNab Ranch, to drastically reduce response time when its trucks need refilling.
Long Valley FPD will continue implementing its Defensible Space Program to provide free defensible-space assessments and education to residents.
Mariposa Neighborhood FSC will host a queer chainsaw workshop to train county residents on reducing fuel loads near their homes.
Navarro Area FSC will add to their Fire Hydrant Project, trenching and installing pipes and hydrants for the community as well as necessary signage.
Piercy FPD will install potable gravity-fed spring water to their Emergency Shelter.
Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department will educate the public using One Less Spark literature as well as distributing McLeod and other fire-suppression tools to class attendees.
South Coast FPD will purchase equipment to support planned prescribed-burn projects.
Spy Rock Ready FSC will purchase used water tanks to increase firefighter capacity in rugged terrain without needing to travel long distances for water.
Vista Del Lago FSC will purchase used water tanks and place them on strategically located properties with easy access for fire trucks.
Westport FSC will focus on roadside fuel reduction and native plant vegetation management to encourage long-term fire resiliency.
Whale Gulch FSC/ Volunteer Fire Department will hire a coordinator to work on qualifying as Firewise, apply for various grants, buy bulk reflective address signs, and coordinate community projects.
Yorkville FSC will focus on fuel reduction on Pomo Tierra Road to improve safety on a one-way, one-way out road.