New Mexico Rural Fire Assistance

The summary for the New Mexico Rural Fire Assistance Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	New Mexico Rural Fire Assistance
	CFDA Number:	15.242
	CFDA Description:	National Fire Plan - Rural Fire Assistance
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2007-004-NMSO-CA
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jan 05, 2007
	Creation Date:	Jan 09, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	READ THIS CAREFULLY. Applications are due to the contact staff listed in Section A, above, by January 31, 2007 by 4:00 pm local time. Applicants may deliver packages on-line, personally via US mail, by courier or other commercial carriers. Application packages received after the closing date and time will not be considered for award. When a late proposal is disqualified from consideration the applicant will be so notified immediately. All packages entering Federal facilities are subject to inspection and/or x-ray. The New Mexico State Office will accept hand delivered proposals daily, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Mountain Standard Time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. DO NOT COMPLETE ANY ELECTRONIC FORMS DESCRIBED BELOW UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AWARD. If you receive notification of award, you will receive instructions from the awarding agency on how to proceed. Selections will be announced by no later than April 1, 2007.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jun 01, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	25
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$250,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$20,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$500
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: State and local government, Public nonprofit institution/organizations, Other public institution/organization, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government, Private nonprofit institution/organization, Native American Organization, and rural fire departments serving a community with a population of 10,000 or less in the wildland/urban interface. All applicants must be rural fire departments serving a community with a population of 10,000 or less in the wildland/urban interface.
Grant Description: The RFA program was established to improve safety and enhance wildland firefighting resource capability and readiness of rural and volunteer fire departments; to decrease wildland fire-related losses to rural economies through enhanced local fire protection; and to help reduce Federal, State, Tribal and local government expenditures on wildland fire suppression, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Karen Dyckes y Montano
Grants/Agreements Specialist
Phone 505-438-7575 karen_dyckesymontano@blm.gov karen_dyckesymontano@blm.gov
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