With wildfire season becoming an almost year-round event in California, United Way of Nevada County has received a vital grant from the California Fire Foundation to assist with the ongoing need to address fire prevention and preparedness in our community.
The grant has enabled United Way of Nevada County to continue to increase awareness and provide vital information on fire prevention.
The California Fire Foundation offers statewide grant opportunities to California fire departments, firefighter associations, and community-based organizations in support of local wildfire prevention education and planning, specialized firefighting and personal protective equipment, fuels reduction and defensible space projects, community safety initiatives, and relief and recovery efforts.
“This funding partnership is critical to extend our disaster preparedness work” said Louise Reed, United Way of Nevada County Executive Director. “We are so very thankful to the California Fire Foundation for this invaluable grant. It will be hugely beneficial to our community.”
“The need to address wildfire prevention and preparedness is an integral part of living in California,” said Rick Martinez, Executive Director, California Fire Foundation. “These grants support important projects focusing on keeping Californians, our state’s communities, and our first responders safe.”
Since 2018, California Fire Foundation grants have served communities at heightened wildfire risk, directly addressing the state’s toughest disaster-risk needs. For more information on California Fire Foundation grants visit www.cafirefoundation.org/grants.
United Way of Nevada County works to ensure that the basic needs of all our community members, including food, clothing, disaster preparedness, and access to health care, are met. United Way of Nevada County envisions a community where all individuals and families achieve their desired potential through healthy lives, education, and income stability.