CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION
California Fire Foundation:
Helping to Heal California
Over the past year, many California communities have suffered the twin, recurring blows of the COVID-19 pandemic and unrelenting, historic wildfire seasons.
Through its disaster relief programs and corporate funded grants from Edison International, Pacific Gas & Electric and Chevron, the California Fire Foundation has helped bring relief through grants for prevention, preparation and response to major events.
In 2020, the Foundation disbursed more than $2 million in grants and related equipment to 130 fire departments, firefighter associations, fire safe councils and community-based organizations throughout California.
TRINITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
The CFF provided grant funding to purchase pistol grip nozzles, chain saw, chaps and new hoses to replace ones burnt in a 2019 wildfire. “We greatly appreciate the funding from the California Fire Foundation that will prepare our small rural VFD for the wildland fire challenges that we will face” Carol Fall, Assistant Chief, Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department.
TINY PINE FOUNDATION
The California Fire Foundation granted funds to the Tiny Pine Foundation to build four homes and much needed shelter for individuals and families displaced by the North Complex Fire. These tiny homes are 100% supported by volunteers and donations and provide those that lost everything to the wildfire a place to call home.
CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT
Grant recipient, Ceres Community Project, mentor teens to build food preparation skills and works with volunteers to deliver the food to people in need. In the aftermath of the Glass-Shady-Boysen Fire and LNU Complex Fire the Ceres Community Project delivered meals to evacuees staying at shelters.
EMERGENCY RV
EmergencyRV.org is a 100% volunteer-based nonprofit providing emergency and transitional RV housing to survivors of natural disaster. The grant awarded to EmergencyRV.org by the California Fire Foundation provided RV housing to more than 10 families. Many of those families and first responders were displaced by fires such as the Creek, North Complex, SCU Lightening Complex and Slater-Devil fires. “The generous grant from the California Fire Foundation helps fund our mission and we are delighted to be able to provide at least 10 families a safe place to call home while they get back on their feet. It is an amazing feeling to be able to give them hope,” said Woody Faircloth, Founder of Emergency RV.
OJAI VALLEY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL
Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council were awarded funding to develop and support the first year of a community-based prescribed grazing program for vegetation management, fuels reduction and ecosystem enhancement in the Ojai Valley’s wildland-urban interface. The proposed grazing program will increase treated areas by thousands of acres each year.
