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Department of Interior (DOI), Office of Wildland Fire (OWF) - Slip-on Tanker Units

ID: D25AS00131 • Type: Posted

Description

Climate change is driving the devastating intersection of extreme heat, drought, and wildland fire danger across the United States, creating wildfires that move with a speed and intensity previously unseen. This has created conditions in which wildfires overwhelm response capabilities, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses, damage to natural resources, devastation to communities, and the tragic loss of human life.The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted in November 2021, is bringing much-needed support to communities across the country to increase the resilience of lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters. The BIL provides funding and authorizes the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop and implement a pilot program to provide local governments with financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines. The objective of this opportunity is to provide funding for these units that meet the required minimum specifications as outlined in Attachment 1.

Overview

Category of Funding
Disaster Prevention and Relief
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 12/3/24 Interior Business Center posted grant opportunity D25AS00131 for Department of Interior (DOI), Office of Wildland Fire (OWF) - Slip-on Tanker Units with funding of $20.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 15.088 Department of Interior Wildfire Management - Preparedness.

Timing

Posted Date
Dec. 3, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EST
Closing Date
March 14, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59, ET, on the listed application due date.
Last Updated
Feb. 25, 2025, 4:18 p.m. EST
Version
4
Archive Date
April 30, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Eligibility is restricted to U.S. local governments that provide fire protection and other emergency services and are in need of slip-on tankers to improve the wildland firefighting readiness for their area of protection and service a location with a population of 50,000 or less. Additional details are found in the full announcement.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$500,000
Floor
$10,000
Estimated Program Funding
$20,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Interior Business Ceter
Email Description
Financial Assistance Officer
Contact Phone
(202) 599-8557

Documents

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