FESBC 2025-27 Wildfire Risk Reduction Funding Program Guide
No fixed amount
Grant
Description:
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) is accepting applications to fund projects to assist the Province of British Columbia in reducing wildfire risk and increasing community resiliency to wildfire across BC. FESBC is committed to ensure wildfire risk reduction projects approved by FESBC’s management are aligned with both the Ministry of Forests and the BC Wildfire Services Branch priorities and standards.
Comments on Funding:
Continuous Intake
Eligibility:
Applicants must submit:
1. First Nations (bands, Treaty First Nations and Indigenous Governments with authority for
lands and resources) in BC,
2. Companies owned in full or in part by First Nation governments or Indigenous
entrepreneurs,
3. Small area-based tenures including:
a. Community Forest Agreement holders
b. Woodlot Licensees,
4. Other forest tenure holders that do not own or control a primary forest product
manufacturing facility (as determined by FOR),
5. FOR and other provincial agencies,
6. Local governments (municipalities or regional districts),
7. Irrigation and Improvement Districts,
8. All season resorts on crown land,
9. BC Heritage Properties,
10. Unincorporated community or rural fire departments that are a legally incorporated society
in good standing in BC, or
11. Not-for-profit organizations that are a legally incorporated society in good standing in BC
with a mandate to reduce wildfire risk reduction acceptable to FOR.
Application Steps:
Applications must be submitted on the Forest Enhancement Society Information Management System (FESIMS).
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. Involve reduction of wildfire risk near higher-risk communities and critical infrastructure
(including community watersheds),
2. written support from the applicable land manager(s) for proposed project area,
3. Clearly demonstrate that the proposed project activities do not include any activities that
are part of existing legal tenure obligations AND/OR recognized costs in the Interior
Appraisal Manual and Coast Appraisal Manual,
4. Provide clear description of works proposed (planning, prescription(s), treatment(s) and
volume estimate of residual fibre utilization),
5. Provide a detailed budget for each activity:
a. In the FESIMS homepage information tab, see the sample budget template, this table
must be included,
b. Cost details need to be uploaded in application to enable evaluation of costeffectiveness. The financial tab in the FESIMS application must mirror the cost details
from the budget template,
c. If applicable, summarize contributions from proponent, other funding sources or inkind partnerships that are expected to contribute to the project,
d. Funding requests will be net of revenue generated from the sale of all fibre, and
e. Activities completed over multiple FESBC fiscal years should have separate cost
estimates for the same activity for each fiscal year, and
6. a description of the site including location, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
coordinate,
7. Submit map(s) in (pdf) and associated spatial files (KML or KMZ) that clearly identifies
location of the proposed activities that meets or exceeds industry standards acceptable to
FESBC,
8. For treatment activities, submit fuel management prescription(s) signed by a forest
professional for treatment projects,
9. Identify BCWS WUI Risk Class for proposed project area. More information is available on
the BCWS Provincial Threat Analysis (PSTA) site and Appendix 3,
10. Demonstrate how the project will optimize the recovery and utilization of low-value residual
fibre to minimize burning.
11. Provide details that demonstrate that a project can and will be completed within the
proposed timelines,
12. See Appendix 2 for FESBC guiding principles for WRR proposals, and
13. If available at the time of the application, correspondence from the local Fire Prevention
Officer (FPO) that the treatment will meet the intended objectives in the prescription or
evidence that the applicant has engaged with BCWS FPO
Other Things to Note:
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Maurice
