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Grant Details:
Application Due Date: July 2011 est
Description: Program Goals: 1. To reduce the number of wildfires and resulting structural loses in Alabama.
2. To increase the visibility and importance of volunteer fire departments in their
communities. Program Objectives: 1. To provide an additional means for the volunteer fire departments to have contact with the communities they serve to assist in public relations.
2. To encourage volunteer fire departments to identify and develop continuing funding sources for wild fire prevention other than just this grant, for example, corporate sponsors.
3. To encourage volunteer fire departments to develop wildfire prevention plan for their communities.
4. To provide an opportunity for volunteer fire departments to coordinate their wildfire prevention program with the fire prevention program of the local Alabama Forestry Commission unit. Eligible Recipients: - Volunteer fire departments organized as part of a municipality.
- Volunteer fire departments that are non-profit organizations.
- County fire associations that are non-profit organizations.
District fire associations that are non-profit organizations. Grant Approval Process:
A committee selected by AAVFD will approve grant proposals. The selection committee will base their approval on the following criteria:
1. Grants will be competitive with those grant requests having the highest priority being funded.
2. Grant requests from the more rural areas of the state will be given a higher priority.
3. Grant requests from counties with high wildfire occurrence will be given a higher priority.
4. Grant requests in which the grantee is contributing a higher amount of matching money or man-hours will be given a higher priority.
5. A maximum of $5,000 will be awarded per grant request. Funds permitting, exceptions may be made in the case of county or district association requests.
6. Items relating to fire suppression equipment, operational costs and etc. will not be considered as an appropriate grant request. Items related only to structural fire will not be approved. For example children smoke houses and home smoke detector projects.
7. Grants will be approved as equally as practical between the Alabama Forestry Commission’s six administrative regions.
8. Grants should be aimed at reducing/preventing wildfires. For example wildfire promotional literature, videos, signs, education programs, public information meetings, newspaper ads, radio announcements and etc. Grant Application Grant Letter
Organization Information:
Organization: Alabama Forestry Commission
Website: http://www.forestry.state.al.us/
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments
Contact Email: aavfd@mindspring.com
Contact Phone: 334-262-2833
More Information:
http://www.aavfd.org/admin.html
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