On Jul. 26, FEMA authorized funds for fighting Gwen Fire in Idaho.
FEMA reported it authorized the use of federal funds to fight Gwen Fire burning in the Nez Perce Reservation and in Nez Perce and Latah counties in State of Idaho.
FEMA approved request for Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) on Jul. 26.
Eligibility
Approval based on likelihood Gwen Fire threatened to constitute a major disaster.
At the time of the request, the fire threatened homes in and around the communities of Juliaetta, Myrtle, Arrow Junction and Lenore and the city of Lapwai.
The fire also threatened private and nonprofit public utilities and critical community infrastructure such as roads, bridges, public businesses and recreational areas.
FMAGs
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 include field camps; equipment use, repair, and replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools, materials, and supplies.
Makes FEMA funding available to pay 75% of State’s eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for managing, mitigating, and controlling the designated fires.
These grants do not provide assistance to individual home or business owners.
Nor do they cover other infrastructure damage that has been caused by the fire.
Hazard Mitigation Grant
Another $985,111 will be available to Idaho through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) post fire for the mitigation of future wildfires and related hazards.
Eligible projects include defensible space measures and ignition-resistant construction.
Nov. 2024 SBA Disaster Loans
On Nov. 22, 2024, SBA made federal disaster loans available to Idaho businesses and residents affected by the Gwen Fire, that occurred Jul. 24-Aug. 9, 2024.
Businesses of all sizes, private nonprofits may borrow up to $2mn to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, other assets.
For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, most private nonprofits, SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
Economic Injury Disaster Loans help meet working capital needs caused by disaster.
Deadline for property damage is Jan. 21, 2025; deadline for EIDLS is Aug. 22, 2025.
Regulators
FEMA
Entity Types
CNSM; Corp
Reference
PR ID 20641-01, 11/22/2024, PR NR-R10-24-016, 7/26/2024
