Fremont County Wildland Fire Management Program (Hazardous Fuels / Wildfire Mitigation cost-share)

How it works

Fremont County Fire Protection District says the county’s Wildland Fire Management Program, also called the Hazardous Fuels program, uses a Western States Wildland Urban Interface grant to provide cost-share money for wildfire hazard mitigation for Fremont County residents. The program is presented as a cooperative effort involving county, state, and federal partners.

What the money covers

The official site says the grant provides cost-share monies for fuel mitigation and forest health activities. It also says the program’s goals include public education about fire-resistant construction techniques, ignition-resistant landscaping, and providing wildfire mitigation plans to reduce hazards in and around a homeowner’s property.

The site’s home-design and landscaping pages describe the types of work the program promotes, including defensible space, vegetation thinning, pruning, slash disposal, removal of dead trees, fire-resistant building materials, ember protection at vents and eaves, deck skirting, driveway access improvements, and emergency water supply planning. Those pages are educational guidance; the program page itself does not spell out a precise reimbursable item list.

Amounts and matching

The site says the Western States Wildland Urban Interface grant provides reimbursable financial assistance and that applications must provide a way to meet the 50/50 match requirement. It also says project requests may be up to $300,000.

How to apply

The site instructs interested applicants to complete a notice of interest form and submit it by email to the Senior Resource Forester – Fuels. It provides a program contact email for more information.

Timing and deadlines

The site shows the Western States Wildland Urban Interface application period as closed and says it closed on 2024-12-20. The page still describes the program as an existing county wildfire mitigation program, but the application window shown on the official page is not open.