Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency
Headline: FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Utah’s Forsyth Fire
FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Utah’s Forsyth Fire
DENVER – This morning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Forsyth Fire burning in Washington County, Utah near Pine Valley
FEMA Region 8 approved the state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) after receiving the request Thursday night and determining that the fire threatened such destruction that it would constitute a major disaster
At the time of the request, the Forsyth Fire was threatening more than 400 homes, which were under an evacuation order
The fire started on Thursday and has burned more than 500 acres
The authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of the state’s eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for managing, mitigating and controlling designated fires
These grants do not provide assistance to individual home or business owners and do not cover other infrastructure damage caused by the fire
Fire Management Assistance Grants are provided through the President’s Disaster Relief Fund and are made available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires that threaten to cause a major disaster
Eligible items can include expenses for field camps; equipment use, repair and replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools, materials and supplies
For more information on FMAGs, visit https://www
fema
gov/fire-management-assistance-grants-program-details
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Fri, 06/20/2025 – 13:59