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Fire and Emergency Services Grants August 2026

2026 Southern, Central & Coastal California Fire Prevention & Preparedness Grant

Deadline: September 14, 2026

Amount: $5,000 – $75,000 each

Apply: https://www.cafirefoundation.org/what-we-do/for-grant-seekers/funding-opportunities/fall-edison

The Fall 2026 Southern, Central & Coastal California Grant Opportunity funds projects that address urgent needs across community, landscape, and infrastructure resilience, while supporting equitable, innovative, and collaborative approaches to wildfire preparedness.

Funding focus areas include:  

  • Cross-Cutting Strategies – flexible funding models, equity-focused metrics, wildfire planning (CWPPs, RWMPs, RPPs).
  • Built Environment Strategies – evacuation planning, road improvements, water access and storage, local adaptation planning.
  • Landscape Strategies – agricultural buffers and greenbelts, prescribed fire and herbivory programs, green space fuel breaks, Indigenous stewardship.
  • Community Strategies – Firewise USA and Fire Safe Council expansion, multilingual outreach, wildfire education and organizing, home hardening and retrofit micro-grants.

California Fire Foundation Proposition 4 Grant

Deadline: Fall 2026

Amount: Up to $1,000,000

Apply: https://www.cafirefoundation.org/what-we-do/for-grant-seekers/funding-opportunities/california-fire-foundation-proposition-4-grant

Grants available in areas such as:

  • Firefighter Health & Safety
  • Specialized Firefighting Equipment
  • Vegetation and Fuels Management
  • Public Education and Outreach

Leary Firefighters Foundation: Jeremiah Lucey Grant Program

Deadline: August 15, 2026

Amount: $5,000 to $25,000

Apply: https://learyfirefighters.org/grant/

The Leary Firefighters Foundation is dedicated to enhancing fire departments across the United States. Through the Jeremiah Lucey Grant Program, the foundation provides funding to paid and volunteer fire departments throughout the country in the following areas: training to enhance the professional development of departments; equipment, so that fire departments are outfitted with the best possible equipment to help keep firefighters and the communities they serve safe; and technology, to ensure that fire departments update along with technological advances.

Brothers Helping Brothers

Deadline: Ongoing

Amount: Varies. Award examples vary between $500 and $13,000

Apply: https://www.brothershelpingbrothers.org/grant-request/

Brothers Helping Brothers helps small and rural fire departments throughout the U.S. with equipment needs by donating vital life-saving tools. Equipment grants as well as used equipment donations are provided.

Firefighters Charitable Foundation

Deadline: Continuous

Amount: Varies

Apply: https://www.ffcf.org/fire-departments

Assists fire and disaster victims, as well as Volunteer Fire Departments.

Grants offered for the following needs/programs:

  • AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)
  • Fire Department Equipment Program
  • Community Smoke Detector Program
  • Juvenile Fire-setter Prevention and Intervention Program

FM Global: Fire Prevention Grant Program

Deadline: Ongoing

Amount: $5,000

Apply: https://fs20.formsite.com/fmgrants/inidqas5lr/index

Grants will be awarded to improve the response of fire service organizations by ensuring they have access to the necessary resources for pre-incident planning. This includes funding for technology, training, equipment, and other critical components that contribute to the development of detailed, actionable plans tailored to the unique needs and risks of their respective communities.

Grant funds may be used for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to:

• Acquisition of pre-incident planning software and technologies.
• Training and workshops for personnel on effective planning techniques.
• Development of detailed maps, blueprints, and databases of high-risk areas.
• Conducting risk assessments and simulations to refine response strategies.

SDA: Urban and Community Forestry Grant

Deadline: Ongoing

Amount: The minimum Federal funding amount for projects is $100,000. The maximum Federal funding limit is $50,000,000.

Match: 50%, but can be waived if a severely disadvantaged community

Apply: https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf

Programmatic, competitive grants for tree planting and related activities, with a priority for projects that benefit underserved populations and areas through the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program established under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act Of 1978.

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