OpportunityTitle: Slip-on Tanker Units
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is restricted to U.S. local governments that provide fire protection and other emergency services and are in need of slip-on tankers to improve the wildland firefighting readiness for their area of protection and service a location with a population of 25,000 or less.  Additional details are found in the full announcement.
Description: Climate change is driving the devastating intersection of extreme heat, drought, and wildland fire danger across the United States, creating wildfires that move with a speed and intensity previously unseen. This has created conditions in which wildfires overwhelm response capabilities, resulting in billions of dollars in economic losses, damage to natural resources, devastation to communities, and the tragic loss of human life. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted in November 2021, is bringing much-needed support to communities across the country to increase the resilience of lands facing the threat of wildland fires and to better support federal wildland firefighters. The BIL provides funding and authorizes the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop and implement a pilot program to provide local governments with financial assistance to acquire slip-on tanker units to establish fleets of vehicles that can be quickly converted to be operated as fire engines. The objective of this opportunity is to provide funding for these units that meet the required minimum specifications as outlined in Attachment 1.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: chelsea_whitten@ibc.doi.gov
GrantorContactText: Chelsea Whitten &lt;br/&gt;chelsea_whitten@ibc.doi.gov
CloseDateExplanation: THIS IS A TWO-PHASE PROCESSPhase I: Statements of Interest are due 21-March-2024Phase II, if invited: Application Packages are due 4-June-2024Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.