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Board approves Flood Control District application for USFS Community Wildfire Defense grant; three-year county match required
Summary
The Board agreed to let the Flood Control District apply for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant from the U.S. Forest Service, with a local match split between the Flood Control District and the county general fund over three years.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors authorized the county’s Flood Control District to apply for a Community Wildfire Defense Grant from the U.S. Forest Service and approved the proposed local match arrangement.
Why it matters: County staff said the grant would fund community-level wildfire defense and public education aimed at reducing home ignition risk and improving community resilience. Several fire chiefs and district leaders told supervisors that home‑hardening education is already in demand and that local fire districts lack capacity to run an expanded outreach program alone.
Grant scope and match: County staff and…
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