25DG11120107028
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Planning process to reduce the risk and severity of wildfires across Puerto Rico FY2025.
This project will involve:
Planning development for hazardous fuel mitigation and wildfire prevention.
Conducting fuel management activities, including mechanical clearing, prescribed burns, and vegetation thinning in high-risk forested and interface areas.
Developing and maintaining defensible space around vulnerable communities to reduce ignition risks.
Expanding firefighting resources by upgrading equipment, expanding training programs, and improving coordination with federal and local emergency services.
Establishing public education and outreach programs to promote wildfire awareness and readiness among residents and landowners.
Collaborating with environmental, forestry, and emergency management partners to align with Puerto Rico's broader hazard mitigation, droughts, and biodiversity conservation strategies.
This project will involve:
Planning development for hazardous fuel mitigation and wildfire prevention.
Conducting fuel management activities, including mechanical clearing, prescribed burns, and vegetation thinning in high-risk forested and interface areas.
Developing and maintaining defensible space around vulnerable communities to reduce ignition risks.
Expanding firefighting resources by upgrading equipment, expanding training programs, and improving coordination with federal and local emergency services.
Establishing public education and outreach programs to promote wildfire awareness and readiness among residents and landowners.
Collaborating with environmental, forestry, and emergency management partners to align with Puerto Rico's broader hazard mitigation, droughts, and biodiversity conservation strategies.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Puerto Rico
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
NOT APPLICABLE
Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps was awarded
Project Grant 25DG11120107028
worth $1,450,000
from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry in September 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Puerto Rico United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 3 months and
was awarded through assistance program 10.664 Cooperative Forestry Assistance.
$290,000 (17.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 11/19/25
Period of Performance
9/26/25
Start Date
12/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$1.4M
Federal Obligation
$290.0K
Non-Federal Obligation
$1.7M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
25DG11120107028
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
12F430 International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Funding Office
12F430 International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Awardee UEI
XN68FK2QDHT3
Awardee CAGE
4Q209
Performance District
PR-98
Modified: 11/19/25