Active Funding Requests
Last Updated: July 30th, 2026
The below are high level summaries of active ODFN funding requests listed newest to oldest by date of request. Active funding requests are no older than six months. For access to our more detailed Funding Tracker, please contact us.
Request Directory
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Crook County Health Department
Crook County
Request: $5,620
We're needing air purifiers, emergency go-kit supplies, water, N95 masks for residents of Crook County.
Jefferson County Public Health
Jefferson County
Request: $11,800
2026 Jefferson County wildfire and smoke response. Jefferson County Public Health is seeking support for current wildfire smoke response efforts and to strengthen the county’s ability to deploy emergency supplies where they are needed most.
The request focuses on immediate wildfire smoke needs, evacuation support, geographically isolated communities, and maintaining essential operations if power disruptions occur. Supplies will help:
Keep cleaner-air locations operating
Maintain eight air scrubbers already deployed in the community
Expand access to household air filtration
Provide youth-sized masks and bottled water
Support evacuation sites and cleaner-air spaces if power outages occur
Improve access to emergency information and basic first-aid supplies
Build a county-managed equipment library that can be maintained and redeployed during future emergencies
Distribution and deployment will prioritize Camp Sherman, Three Rivers/Lake Chinook, Culver, Metolius, Ashwood, and other areas identified through response activities and partner coordination.
Central Cascades Fire & EMS
Klamath County
Request: $85,000
We are in need of a 4wd, 4 dr, crew cab pickup with tool boxes and water tank for Community Risk Reduction efforts, Fuels Reduction/Mitigation and Crew/Staff use. Capable of towing our Fuels Reduction Trailer throughout the community and region as we continue to work to reduce wildfire risks, improved response and recovery capabilities through community education and hands on efforts. We have limited vehicles for staff use and currently our only similar vehicle is being used on a wildfire conflagration supporting firefighters. This limits our ability to continue local fuels reduction/mitigation and public education efforts to make the local community safer. We continue to be creative but cannot continue to expect our dedicated volunteers to use their personal vehicles for fire district business. This vehicle will allow personnel to continue these efforts as well as provide a staff vehicle to tow our fuels mitigation tool trailer and also provide a ready water source for increased safety during fuels reduction work. Volunteer staff continue to work for the safety and betterment of the community without pay. Your support and assistance is greatly appreciated.
The City of Weston
Umatilla County
Request: $128,000
We are seeking grant funding to install a full-service generator at our main city well. Project bids and estimates total in at $425,000. This generator is vital for the City of Weston, Oregon, and the surrounding areas in East Umatilla County. Our local fire service areas extend east to the Union County line along Highway 204 and this whole area all heavily depends on the local rural fire district, EURFR, headquartered in Weston. The fire district is essential for both our community and neighboring towns. Recently, Weston narrowly avoided disaster when a fast-moving wildfire was poised to hit the town and the only thing that saved the town was windstorm halted the Lower Drycreek fire, which burned nearly 6,000 acres in less than 24 hours and was rapidly advancing toward town. In recent years, PPL has begun shutting off power during fires and windstorms. On July 15, 2026, at 7 PM, PPL de-energized the power lines. By 9 PM, our main city well was depleted, leaving us without water to fight the fire. The local fire district office also supports with intergovernmental surrounding communities, including Athena, Adams, Helix, Milton-Freewater, the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, and Hermiston. Additionally, our well is one of the few in the area that provides water requiring no additional treatment at the wellhead, which is critical during emergencies.
We house the EUFR Fire District and as such we have our 400+ sq. miles of district and intergovernmental agreements with surrounding communities. We provide water to drought-stricken farmers when their wells fail or fail to keep up with summer demands. We also provide drinking water to those who need to fill at our fill station in town for surrounding farms and properties. Towns to the west of Athena, Adams & Helix are supported by our local fire station and the district station located here in Weston. During fires we often are the local hub for water to fight fires.
The Wave Foundation
Jefferson County
Request: $30,000
We will use funds to coordinate pick-up and delivery of food and water donations from the Portland Metro area. Transport (with refrigerated truck and/or van) and provide labor for all related activities. We will collaborate with Simnansho community members to provide food at longhouse and old school cafeteria, as well as boxed foods that will be delivered for those with limited mobility. We have been providing food assistance to this community since COVID-19 (see attached for more detailed information about our program). We will use funds to purchase some foods, in-addition to the donated foods we can collect from local sources. We focus on healthy, nutritious, and culturally-relevant foods. If we have enough funding, we will look to bring a food truck from Portland or Redmond/Bend to provide hot meals.
Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Statewide
Request: $30,715
ORVOAD is requesting funding to support a coordinated, statewide approach to wildfire response and recovery through the activation of a Statewide Unmet Needs Roundtable. Funding would cover one paid staff position to lead statewide coordination, a small media and communications budget, and support for a communication and coordination platform.
Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District
Marion County
Request: $25,000
Funds will be used for post fire recovery efforts in case of wildfire in our area. Our greatest resilience need is to assist rural landowners or residents within WUI who may be affected by wildfires during this season to restore and recover natural resources. These areas are more vulnerable to wildfire impacts and have less access to resources to assist them.
We would utilize the funds to conduct outreach to affected residents and landowners, provide seed for erosion control, recovery efforts including debris clearing and planting, livestock fencing repairs, and slope stabilization to prevent landslides.
Ashland Climate Collaborative
Jackson County
Request: $5,000
Ashland is in the 97th percentile of wildfire risk in the country. After an unusually dry winter, we are at extreme risk of wildfire. We applied for major funding from Oregon Health Authority to begin implementation of the city's newly approved Community Wildfire Protection Plan but this was unsuccessful. " To lower Ashland's risk profile, the residential area must become “a fuel break — not a fuel source,” according to the plan. So we are getting a modest (completely unfunded) start by initiating a grassroots peer-to-peer initiative to organize neighbors to reduce wildfire risks and improve evacuation safety. It is really taking off! 200 people have expressed interest, including 40 who have defined a neighborhood where they will work. 70 are already registered for a program being held on 7/28. This program builds on the successes and lessons learned from Firewise USA communities and other neighborhood organizing models, but its grassroots, interconnected peer-to-peer model is distinctly different from those established models. You can read more about it here: https://AshlandClimate.org/wildfireReady or read the Ashland.news article about our first community meeting here: https://ashland.news/wildfire-ready-neighborhoods-meetings-connect-neighbors-to-reduce-risks-as-a-community/ .
The $5000 request is just a guess at an amount that would make a difference to produce meeting materials (Oregon Emergency Management booklets; evacuation maps; go bag tips, etc.) allow us to have a paid subscription to our listserv product (Gaggle) with multiple neighborhoods and topic subgroups (est. $1200/year), and handle other incidental meeting expenses (hall rental, insurance). With more money we could pay someone to do the admin functions—currently this is being done by volunteers, but as the network grows that may be unsustainable.
We are trying to avert a disaster by helping neighborhoods organize to assist each other in an evacuation event, building toward wildfire risk-reduction interventions at the neighborhood level. Modeling shows (and the nearby 2020 Almeda fire demonstrated) that if a wind-driven fire starts on one end of town, the whole town could be destroyed fairly quickly--there are many wooden structures, connecting wooden fences, flammable plants, and more. We believe that a grassroots community mobilization effort could be life-saving, and accelerate other official efforts. Our fire department does not have the skills or the capacity to do this kind of outreach, whereas this is a strength of our organization. We are coordinating closely with them and requesting their input all along the way. We have built very strong trust relationships with City officials and local wildfire risk--reduction experts.
Vernonia RFPD
Columbia County
Request: $35,000
Vernonia Fire lacks a second 4x4 small fire engine. With high-density forest areas, small, narrow driveways and many off-road areas, having a means to get firefighting equipment and water to a forest fire is crucial. A new 4WD "Type 6" fire engine costs around $300,000. For $35,000, we can convert a 10-year old truck into a small fire engine for rapid response. Our current wildland response rig is 23 years old. The pickup truck we wish to convert is 10 years old. We believe it will serve us another 10 years as a wildland/ quick-response vehicle, should our grant request is successful. Having two wildland rigs also offers the opportunity to provide emergency response statewide, should a conflagration be declared. I have attached three reference pictures. The first is a recent post made by another fire department in Oregon showing costs of new rigs. The second picture shows the actual Vernonia Fire pickup which we would convert and the third image shows what the conversion would look like. Thank you for your consideration.
Spray General Store
Wheeler County
Request: $20,000
We are in need of financial support for the Wheeler County Search & Rescue team. Most of this team are volunteers and people are using their own vehicles, dozers and money for gas, food and water to fight this latest fire. They work 24/7 for weeks at a time and they are exhausted.
Women in the town are being asked to provide food to the firefighters and we have no grocery store here other than a small convenience store so they are putting calls out to neighbors asking for apples, peanut butter, etc. in order to fulfill the request. The Wheeler County Sheriff's office has sanctioned the Spray General Store on their behalf to collect donations and find funding sources to help this team of local volunteer firefighters. I wrote a story about this town's response to the Lone Rock fire and I will attach it.
People in Wheeler County are mighty but they have been through extreme difficulty. Some ranches near Twickenham had to fight the fires with their neighbors at the beginning because local fire staff is so limited. I saw a video of my friend's 10 year old son on a dozer, driving it to make dozer lines around his home. We need funds to cover gas, vehicle repairs, food reimbursement, defray any medical costs from smoke, fatigue, injuries, replace or repair fire equipment, obtain a refrigerator to store food in addition to water and electrolytes, and much more to the discretion of our incredible sheriff and fire marshal.
Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Crook, & Jefferson Counties
Request: $15,000
Future Prairie
Future Prairie, an Oregon 501(c)(3) queer arts nonprofit, is in direct contact with 12 LGBTQIA+ working-class Oregon artists displaced by the current Central/Eastern Oregon wildfires (Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Crook, and Jefferson counties) who need to relocate permanently. They are currently being temporarily sheltered in Portland by Femme Rising, a trans-led dance and jiu-jitsu studio. Funds requested would cover near-term relocation costs — housing deposits, moving/transportation costs, and first month's rent — to help these artists secure permanent housing.
BetAIR
Jackson County
Request: $1,750
We plan to buy filters, fans, and tape for 25 air filtration kits for Ashland Fire & Rescue who will use those resources to the community including BetAIR's educational pamphlets and information on how to build these simple filters The requested funds will cover the cost of materials for 25 kits, which are roughly ~$70 each (including shipping costs).
City of Gold Beach
Curry County
Request: $110,000
The City of Gold Beach and Gold Beach Wedderburn Fire District are in the process of conducting a feasibility study to do a merger and consolidation of the two districts and creating one district that would encompass both coverage areas. This would ensure fiscal stability for the fire district as well as the City of Gold Beach.The project will upgrade an aging response vehicle to ensure terrain-capable, trauma-informed chaplaincy support during wildfires, floods, and other emergency responses.
Illinois Valley and Two Rivers Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Josephine County
Request: $80,000
The Klamath Mountains contain naturally chromium‑rich soils and experience frequent, high‑severity wildfire. We want to be equipped to assess how these fires may affect aquatic ecosystems and drinking‑water supplies, with hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) as a key concern, as well as the impacts of wildfire‑response chemicals such as Phos‑Chek.
For more information on the Illinois Valley Water Quality Monitoring Project, which we are actively working to expand to a countywide scale, please visit: https://ivswcd.specialdistrict.org/surface-waters-working-lands-monitoring-hub
We have limited resources for postfire water quality monitoring in the Illinois Valley and, as one of the highest-risk areas in the state for catastrophic wildfire, would like to be prepared to quantify and communicate the impacts to the local communities.
We are attaching some recent reports regarding our water quality monitoring activities. We would work with DEQ to develop a post-fire water quality monitoring SAP to ensure that any data collected is both DEQ A-level and is eligible for submittal to DEQ.
Community Counseling Solutions
Grant County
Request: $3,000
We provide air purifiers to our aging population and individuals with medical conditions that are adversely impacted by poor air quality and have run out due to high need with surrounding wildfire. They are $60/unit, we would purchase 50.
Oregon Frontier Chamber of Commerce
Gilliam County
Request: $20,000
The Oregon Frontier Chamber of Commerce serves four counties, 11 cities, and a vast rural region where communities are separated by long distances and have limited local capacity. Many of our projects, events, and community initiatives rely almost entirely on volunteers and partnerships.
Funding for this position would allow us to dedicate staff time to serving as a Community Coordinator who can connect people with resources, recruit and organize volunteers, pursue grant funding, coordinate collaborative projects, and help communities turn ideas into action. Rather than each community trying to navigate these challenges alone, this position provides regional support that strengthens all of our communities.
Our staff frequently fills the gap between local governments, nonprofits, businesses, volunteers, and funding organizations. Whether it's helping organize community events, supporting revitalization efforts, identifying grant opportunities, coordinating regional initiatives, or responding to emerging community needs, this position ensures that projects move forward instead of being delayed due to a lack of local capacity.
In rural communities, one dedicated coordinator can make an outsized impact by building partnerships, reducing duplication of effort, and helping communities access resources they otherwise might never receive. This funding would directly increase our ability to strengthen the communities we serve while creating long-term capacity across the Oregon Frontier region.
Gilliam Soil & Water Conservation District
Gilliam and Wheeler Counties
Request: $10,000
Gilliam Soil and Water Conservation District is requesting funding to pay the transportation costs needed to deliver donated hay to agricultural producers affected by the 2026 wildfires in Gilliam and Wheeler Counties.
Approximately 100 tons of donated hay have been identified or requested; however, transportation remains the primary barrier to getting this resource to affected producers. Available hay is currently located in Redmond, Oregon, approximately 143 miles one way from the anticipated distribution area, and Klamath Falls, Oregon, approximately 223 miles one way. These distances create significant trucking and fuel expenses even though the hay itself is being donated.
Current hauling estimates are approximately $6.50 per loaded mile, with an average transportation cost of approximately $48 per ton and about 30 tons per truckload. The final cost will depend on how much hay is available at each location, the number of truckloads needed, trucking availability, and whether deliveries are made to one or multiple distribution sites.
Fire-affected producers have experienced losses to pasture, standing forage, winter feed, haystacks, fencing, livestock-water systems, and access to normal grazing areas. Immediate delivery of hay will help producers maintain their livestock while they complete damage assessments, access emergency grazing opportunities, repair fences, and pursue assistance through FSA, NRCS, and other recovery programs.
GSWCD and its partners are coordinating producer-needs surveys, mapping affected properties, identifying delivery sites, arranging unloading equipment, scheduling producer pickups, and tracking the hay received and distributed. Funding through this request would be used specifically to transport donated hay from Redmond and Klamath Falls to coordinated distribution locations in or near Condon and Arlington or, when practical, directly to affected livestock producers.
This request would remove the immediate transportation barrier and allow donated hay to reach producers who need it as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Oregon State University Extension & Engagement
Eleven counties currently impacted by wildfire: Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jackson, Malheur, Union, Umatilla, Wallowa, and Wheeler.
Request: $27,000
We want to supply box fan filters to improve air quality for smoke impacted people. We are working with local red cross organizations, fire districts, county emergency managers. We are the local trusted technical expertise and can provide education on building these fans. We would like to have 100 box filter fans available in each of the 11 counties. We have $6,000 but need a total of $33,000. We can stage from our local Extension offices (we have an office in each county) and our faculty can coordinate distribution. We will either use the instructions attached to build the fans ourselves, or provide a handout with each kit.
Willamette Valley First Responder Chaplains
Linn, Benton, and Marion Counties
Request: $120,000
The project will upgrade an aging response vehicle to ensure terrain-capable, trauma-informed chaplaincy support during wildfires, floods, and other emergency responses.
Row River Valley Community Partnership
Lane County
Request: $200,000
The Row River Rural Fire Protection District is facing an immediate challenge that threatens emergency response for our rural community.
Our volunteer firefighters are currently operating from a temporary fire station located on privately owned property. That property has now been listed for sale. Once it is sold, the District will lose the only facility available to house its fire engines, emergency equipment, and operational resources.
At the same time, our request for federal appropriations to construct the District's permanent main station in Dorena is advancing through the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees. While that project represents our long-term headquarters, construction is still expected to be approximately two years away, even if funding is awarded.
Without an interim solution, our community could find itself with trained volunteer firefighters, emergency apparatus, and emergency equipment, but no secure location from which to store equipment or respond to emergencies.
Fortunately, there is a solution that addresses both the immediate need and the District's long-term emergency response strategy.
The Row River Valley Community Partnership, the nonprofit that led the community effort to establish the Row River Rural Fire Protection District, owns donated property in Disston. Over the past two years, we have completed the environmental review, engineering, permitting, and site preparation needed to make the project construction-ready.
We are seeking $200,000 to construct a modest emergency response station and equipment cache. This is not intended to replace the permanent Dorena station. Instead, it will serve as a permanent satellite facility for the District, providing secure apparatus and equipment storage, improving emergency response to the upper Row River Valley and adjacent National Forest lands, and preserving emergency response capability while the Dorena station is developed. Every effort has been made to minimize costs by limiting the project to only the essential infrastructure needed for emergency operations.
Our community has already raised more than $35,000 in direct local cash, in addition to thousands of volunteer hours, donated professional services, donated materials, and other in-kind contributions. The land is secured, the project is construction-ready, and we are prepared to begin construction immediately.
This is not a request to launch a long-term capital campaign. It is an urgent request to preserve emergency response capability today while completing a permanent emergency response asset that will continue serving our community for decades to come. The project itself is construction-ready, and we have completed the environmental review, engineering, permitting, and pre-construction planning.
As a young nonprofit serving a rural community with limited resources, we've learned that resilience begins with relationships. The challenges we've faced have brought neighbors, local organizations, public agencies, and volunteers together in ways we never anticipated. Those partnerships have strengthened our ability to prepare for disasters, reduce wildfire risk, respond to emergencies, and build lasting community capacity.
Our closest partners include the Row River Rural Fire Protection District, the Row River Valley Water District, the Sunshine Club, local residents, volunteers, businesses throughout the Row River Valley and Cottage Grove, and the many organizations that have contributed their time, expertise, and resources. Together, these partnerships helped establish the fire district, secure donated property, complete pre-construction planning, and continue advancing both the permanent Dorena Fire Station and the Disston Emergency Response Station and Equipment Cache.
We have also worked closely with Lane County, the Oregon State Fire Marshal, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, USDA Rural Development, and our federal delegation as we pursue long-term funding solutions. In addition, several local, regional, and tribal funders have invested in various phases of this work, helping us complete planning, site development, and other critical pre-construction activities.
The result has been a community-led effort, with local cash investments, donated professional services, in-kind contributions, and thousands of volunteer hours bringing the Disston project to a construction-ready stage.
Most importantly, I believe this effort has changed our community. Residents who once felt they had little ability to influence their future are now working together to reduce wildfire risk, strengthen emergency preparedness, and build long-term resilience for the entire community. Every milestone has reinforced the belief that rural communities can solve complex challenges when they work together. Completing the Disston Emergency Response Station will preserve emergency response capability while affirming that the community's commitment, investment, and years of volunteer effort can lead to lasting change.
Wagontire RFPA
Harney & Lake Counties
Request: $30,000
We have been able to get some equipment through the Oregon Dept. of Forestry and purchase some with some grant money. We are currently in need of another truck to pull a lowboy and dozer or an angle blade for a dozer. Both costs are about the same and we would decide which was needed the most at the time that finances were in order for the purchase and/or the availability of the needed equipment.
Crane RFPA
Harney County
Request: $18,500
Requesting funding for 2 truck radios, and 2 handheld radios, and a 2,000-gallon water tank.
Evans Valley Fire District #6
Jackson, south Marion & northern Linn County
Request: $200,000
Capital Campaign: To strengthen emergency preparedness and improve access to essential services for rural residents in Evans Valley, Oregon. Therefore, we are retrofitting our current facility and adding a community resource center that is ADA accessible as a public meeting or training space to serve seniors, people with disabilities, and residents with mobility limitations to participate in safety, health, and preparedness programs. Increasing wildfire activity and severe weather events in Jackson County underscore the urgent need for a centralized, resilient, and ADA accessible facility. We are in the process of seeking private foundation grants. The $3,598,800 project includes the retrofit and expansion of our facility. We have raised 52% of the project budget with grants from Jackson County United Way, Jackson Care Connect, and Business Oregon, and fundraisers.
We understand that many funders have individual grant limits, and any contribution would help move the project forward while demonstrating community and partner support as we continue to seek additional funding sources.
Our project timeline will run concurrently with our seismic retrofit project. While the schedule is dependent on funding, our current expectation is that both projects will be completed by the end of 2027. We are actively pursuing multiple funding opportunities and working to assemble the resources necessary to move forward as efficiently as possible. Any award received through ODFN partners would help accelerate implementation and reduce the overall funding gap.
Additionally, the current East Evans Creek Fire has highlighted just how critical this project is for our community. At present, we have several residents within our fire district under a Level 3 (“Go Now”) evacuation order. A completed Community Resource Center would have provided a local hub for critical services, information, and support during this incident. Without it, affected residents have been forced to rely on resources located outside of our area, creating additional barriers during an already challenging time.
The lack of a local gathering space has also impacted our ability to communicate effectively with the public. We have been unable to host local town hall meetings to provide updates and answer questions regarding this active, uncontrolled wildfire. Instead, we have had to utilize facilities farther away, which has reduced participation and limited access to vital information for many of our residents.
This event has reinforced the importance of creating a resilient community facility that can serve as a central location for emergency response, community meetings, recovery services, and public information during disasters and other emergencies.
Vida McKenzie Community Center
Lane County
Request: $40,000
We’d like to install a 30K generator to supply power to the building so that our community can gather there during a power outage or disaster. This would complete the basic installation of the generator–we have the pad and propane tank installed already. The last estimate would be between $38-$40,000.
We lost all of our buildings and resources in the Holiday Farm Fire in Sept. 2020. Since then, we have rebuilt our Center, and one of the last of the items on our resiliency list is a generator to supply power to the building and provide a safe gathering space–especially those without access to safe shelter–until the power is restored. We have also worked on internet access to become a community communication hub.
For more information, please visit vidacommunitycenter.com
Grant County Childcare Committee
Grant County
Request: $19,783
Add a cooling center and clean air shelter to Grant County. We experience high temperatures and severe fire weather and/or smoke every summer and have to establish cooling centers and clean air shelters in the community. We would like to add a permanent cooling center and clean air shelter, in addition to other resources. The funds requested are to cover a heat pump for the building. We are founded to support children and families in our community, and know there is a need for places for children to exist when it is unsafe to play outside due to air quality, temperature, or UV index. The cooling shelter/clean air shelter would be open to all. We are also working on a plan to be an emergency shelter in our community, with a stockpile of food and emergency resources. The proposed plan would also allow us to be a warming shelter, though that is typically less of a need in our community.
Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District
South Marion & Northern Linn Counties
Request: $126,000*
*Jefferson Fire District would be grateful for a smaller or partial award. These are the priorities, but we would take any help we can get:
Power load: this loads the gurney into the ambulance, reducing back injuries and strains on workers cost $32,000
Power Gurney: we are in need of two, $36,768 each, total request $73,536
Thermal Imaging cameras: $1,719 for each camera
The Jefferson Fire District is requesting funding for two ambulance gurneys, a power-load system, and thermal imaging cameras. This equipment is essential to maintaining and enhancing our life-saving capabilities during emergencies and natural disasters.
During any natural disaster, the ability to safely and efficiently transport patients to the hospital is critical. Our current ambulance gurneys and power-load system have reached or exceeded their expected service life, increasing the risk of equipment failure and reducing operational efficiency. Replacing them with two new gurneys and a modern power-load system will ensure our personnel can safely load, transport, and provide care for trauma victims and medically vulnerable patients during disasters and everyday emergency responses.
Wildfires present a significant threat to our community, particularly to older adults and individuals with respiratory conditions. Smoke exposure and the stress associated with wildfire events often result in increased medical emergencies, requiring reliable emergency medical transport. Modern patient transport equipment will allow us to continue providing timely, safe, and effective care when demand is at its highest.
The Jefferson Fire District is also requesting thermal imaging cameras to enhance our wildland firefighting capabilities. These cameras enable firefighters to identify hidden hot spots that may not be visible to the naked eye, ensuring they are completely extinguished. Without thermal imaging technology, concealed hot spots can continue to smolder, eventually generating enough heat to rekindle a fire, breach containment lines, and threaten lives, property, and natural resources. Early detection of these hazards reduces the risk of fire re-ignition and improves firefighter safety.
While this equipment is critical to the Jefferson Fire District's operations, its benefits extend well beyond our jurisdiction. We maintain mutual aid agreements with fire and emergency service agencies throughout Marion and Linn Counties, as well as neighboring counties across Oregon. Additionally, Jefferson Fire District actively participates in the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Conflagration Response System, deploying personnel and equipment to major wildfire incidents throughout the state.
Funding this request will strengthen our ability to protect our local community while also enhancing regional and statewide emergency response capabilities. Investing in this equipment will improve patient care, firefighter safety, disaster preparedness, and mutual aid response, providing lasting benefits to communities across Oregon.
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Jefferson and Wasco County
Request: $150,000
We would like to repair our wildfire water protection system and develop a reliable water source for wildfire fighting. We have some of the infrastructure but it needs repair and updating: a storage tank and pump system supplies a single hydrant on the property at this time. That system needs to be inspected and repaired. The hydrant will be replaced with a standpipe. We need a system to refill the tank using a tender shuttle instead of the property's well, which cannot support the tank, house and apparatus bays. We would also have the tank system feed an outdoor sprinkler system if the property faced a wildfire threat. Placement and feasibility of this system would need to be studied for the best outcome. The property has a community room attached to the apparatus bays that includes two full bathrooms, a kitchen and a large meeting space. It also has an upstairs area that could be used to store stable food and drinking water. It would also make the property an emergency shelter for residents to stay during a large-scale wildfire.
Walker Range Forest Protection Association
Klamath County
Request: $30,000
For the past several years, our agency has been implementing a long-term resiliency strategy to strengthen our ability to serve the communities within our protection district. This project represents the third major step toward achieving that goal.
As a wildland fire protection agency, our operational resilience is directly tied to the resilience of the communities we serve. Our headquarters functions as an operational hub for emergency response, incident coordination, communications, and resource management. Maintaining a reliable and resilient headquarters is essential to ensuring uninterrupted operations during wildfires, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Our headquarters are older and our current heating system is wood heat. Adequate heating and cooling are not something we currently have.
Previous state and county grant funding enabled us to install backup generators at our district headquarters and our mountain-top radio communications site. This project completes the third phase of our resiliency plan by providing uninterrupted electrical service at our headquarters, ensuring continuous emergency communications and agency operations during power outages and disasters. This project will enhance our ability to continue providing critical emergency services during and after disaster events, ensuring that our personnel, equipment, and communications remain operational when our communities need them most. Investing in the resilience of our headquarters is an investment in the safety, preparedness, and long-term resilience of the entire region we protect. Because this will be a new system, it is essential that it is designed and installed to meet all applicable codes and standards. Ensuring the system is properly sized, compliant, and reliable will provide effective, uninterrupted power to support critical emergency operations during outages and disaster events.
North Pendleton RFPA
Umatilla County
Request: $75,000
We are a new organization formed in March 2026. We are trying to get needed assets for this fire season and serve our community for decades to come.
The North Pendleton RFPA has been discussed for years, yet it took a near fatal accident in 2025 for communities to work together and form the RFPA, which was finalized in March 2026. Last year, an untrained person lacking knowledge or experience fighting fire attempted to battle a wheat field fire in a disk tractor. He was quickly overtaken by fire, jumped from the tractor and was burned over 40 percent of his body. He thankfully survived, and the RFPA was created. We now have about 60 trained volunteers covering 125,000 acres with clear communication among farmers and ranchers.
So far in 2026, North Pendleton RFPA has responded to one large fire at over 8,000 acres, and two mutual aid requests that were less than 10 acres. No structures were lost thus far. Response vehicles to fires this year have all been farmer or rancher owned vehicles or tractors, which are not equipped for fighting fires.
Current RFPA vehicle inventory is one operational brush truck, one two-wheel drive brush vehicle, and a large 2000 gallon Army tanker truck. The RFPA has received other donated trucks and parts, however none are currently operational due to lacking pumps, hoses, batteries, fittings, tires, or even a whole engine. Some funding could bring one or more of those vehicles online and to active fire duty. With dedicated brush trucks, our response time will be quicker, with the right equipment our volunteers will be better equipped to fight fires that threaten their farms and ranches and able to have more volunteers respond as they will not need to use their personal or farm/ranch vehicles.
We request $75,000 to finance a new-to-us Brush truck purchase and associated pumps, hoses and fittings.
Warner Valley RFPA
Lake County
Request: $30,000
The Warner Valley Rural Fire Protection Association (Warner Valley RFPA) serves the southeastern portion of Lake County, Oregon, including the communities of Adel and Plush. The organization provides wildland fire protection across approximately 1.3 million acres of public and private lands. Please see the attached service area map for the RFPA's coverage area.
The Warner Valley Rural Fire Protection Association is requesting funding to purchase a Caterpillar D5 or D6 high-drive, enclosed-cab bulldozer to increase safety and strengthen wildfire response across more than 1.3 million acres surrounding the communities of Adel and Plush in southeastern Oregon. Established in 2011, the Warner Valley RFPA is staffed entirely by volunteers and provides critical initial attack wildfire response to protect homes, ranches, infrastructure, wildlife habitat, and natural resources. During severe fire seasons, the RFPA also serves as an important local resource when state, federal, and contract firefighting equipment is unavailable or committed elsewhere.
The organization's existing bulldozers were acquired through the federal excess equipment program and no longer meet its operational needs. These large, open-cab machines require transport on a semi-truck and lowboy trailer, which limits rapid deployment and requires specialized operators that the current volunteer force does not have. The proposed smaller dozer can be safely transported using an existing donated trailer behind the RFPA's water tender, allowing volunteers to respond more quickly while providing significantly greater operator protection through an enclosed cab and a six-way blade designed for constructing fireline in rugged terrain.
This project is a direct investment in volunteer firefighter safety, faster wildfire response, and long-term community resilience. By purchasing equipment that matches both the landscape and the capabilities of its volunteer firefighters, the Warner Valley RFPA will improve its ability to contain wildfires during initial attack while protecting lives, property, agricultural operations, and critical natural resources throughout southeastern Lake County. Please see the attached project narrative for additional details regarding the project, anticipated benefits, budget, and expected outcomes.
The Warner Valley Rural Fire Protection Association has worked closely with several partners to advance this project. The RFPA has been in communication with the Roundhouse Foundation regarding the proposed dozer purchase, and the Foundation has expressed strong support for the project. The RFPA anticipates submitting a funding request to the Roundhouse Foundation as part of its overall fundraising strategy.
In addition, the RFPA has secured funding through the Oregon Department of Forestry's Oregon State House Bill funding program and has worked with its volunteer membership and local ranching community to commit local funds toward the purchase. These collaborative efforts demonstrate broad community support and a shared commitment to improving firefighter safety and wildfire response capacity.
Jackson County Community LTRG / Rogue Valley COAD
Jackson County
Request: $30,000
Jackson County Community Long Term Recovery Group requests $30,000 in bridge funding to sustain staff and operating expenses that support Rogue Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster, RV COAD. RV COAD staff support member organizations before disasters by providing training, tools, planning support, partner coordination, and shared resources. During disasters and community disruptions, staff coordinate nonprofit partners in direct alignment with local emergency managers. This creates a clear link between government response and community response. That link helps make disaster response more organized, efficient, and locally informed. It reduces duplication. It helps partners understand urgent needs. It allows community-based organizations to move faster and work from the same information.
Requested funds will support:
Staff time to build and maintain the RV COAD network
Training, tools, and resources for nonprofit disaster partners
Activation support during disasters and community disruptions
Coordination between nonprofit partners and local emergency managers
Community-owned survivor intake readiness
Partner communication and meeting facilitation
Volunteer coordination and readiness
Planning, documentation, and after-action reporting
Basic operating costs needed to sustain RV COAD
A $30,000 award would help sustain immediate COAD coordination capacity while RV COAD continues working with public and philanthropic partners on longer-term funding. This bridge support would help prevent the loss of institutional knowledge, trusted partner networks, and deployable response tools built through years of recovery and response.
Prospect Rural Fire District
Jackson County
Request: $45,000
The High Cascades area at the northernmost corner of Jackson County Oregon approx 25 miles from Crater Lake. We have leads on used water tenders from other fire districts, and would love to find a new or nearly new vehicle that could be customized to fit our particular need, rugged gravel roads, steep forest roads with little access or egress. Prospect is an unincorporated area of Jackson County situated in a heavily forested region designated as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). According to recent studies and mapping by Oregon State University, it is classified as a high-to-severe fire hazard zone. Without the Prospect RFPD, the nearest fire response would be 30–45 minutes away, placing the community at even greater risk.
Established in 1953, the Prospect RFPD relies entirely on volunteer staffing to carry out its mission of preserving and protecting life and property. We support not only our immediate community but also surrounding districts, federal lands, and Crater Lake National Park. With wildfires becoming more frequent, our need for reliable, NFPA-compliant equipment—such as a modern 4,000-gallon water tender—has become urgent. Having water on scene quickly is critical to containing fires before they grow into large-scale wildland incidents.
Prospect sits in the High Cascades Ranger District, surrounded by dense forests, scenic highways, and the Upper Rogue River. The town is just minutes from Crater Lake National Park, which attracts nearly half a million visitors each year. While tourism provides economic benefits, it also brings increased fire risk. Many visitors lack a full understanding of local fire safety rules and may inadvertently contribute to fire hazards through improper campfires, careless cigarette disposal, or poorly maintained vehicles.
In this remote setting—where the closest outside fire response is at least 40 minutes away—Prospect RFPD truly serves as the community’s first line of defense.
We have requested help from OR State Fire Marshall, FEMA, OR dept. forestry, and local charities
Fields/Andrews RFPA
Harney County
Request: $20,000
We are requesting funds to purchase a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV, similar to a side-by-side or SxS) and trailer for accessing remote fires within our district. Currently we have several engines that are not capable of getting to these hard to reach places. South East Oregon has some very remote areas with challenging terrain. The ability to get access to the fires faster gives us a much better opportunity for success. Many roads are no more than two track roads, or even cow/game trails. UTV's are at times the only way to gain access to these remote places.
We have requested several pieces of equipment in the past from partners like ODF, and BLM. Currently a few of our members have been using personal UTV's.
South Gilliam County RFPD
Gilliam County
Request: $79,295
South Gilliam County Fire is requesting funding to purchase 10- Bendix King BKR 9000 dual-band portable radios, along with the necessary batteries, chargers, programming software, and antennas. These radios will provide reliable communications for firefighters and emergency responders during emergency operations and will significantly improve responder safety and incident coordination.
Reliable communications are essential for every emergency response. South Gilliam County Fire responds to a wide variety of incidents, including wildland fires, structure fires, motor vehicle crashes, hazardous materials incidents, medical assists, and search and rescue operations. During large wildland fires and mutual aid responses, our personnel must communicate seamlessly with neighboring fire agencies, state resources, and federal cooperators. The Bendix King BKR 9000 dual-band radios will allow responders to communicate across both VHF and 700/800 MHz systems, ensuring interoperability with local, regional, state, and federal partners during multi-agency incidents.
South Gilliam County Fire protects a large, rural response area with limited financial resources. The district operates on an annual property tax revenue of approximately $43,000. After meeting basic operating expenses, very little funding remains to purchase critical safety equipment such as emergency communications systems. The cost of replacing outdated radios is well beyond the district's financial capability without outside assistance.
Funding this project will equip ten firefighters with dependable, modern communications equipment that enhances firefighter safety, improves command and control, and strengthens interoperability with our mutual aid partners. This investment will directly improve emergency response capabilities, reduce communication failures during critical incidents, and help ensure the safety of both responders and the communities they serve.
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue
Clatsop County
Request: $63,213
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue is currently operating with outdated radio communications equipment. These outdated radios make interoperability with mutual aid partners extremely difficult. Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue often has catastrophic wildfire requiring extensive mutual aid with local, state and federal partners. The ability to purchase 8 portable radios for staff and 8 mobile radios for our apparatus for first responders and our apparatus through our budget is just not feasible at this time. Jefferson County Emergency Management and Oregon Emergency Management have been assisting us with technical assistance, as well as searching for other funding opportunities. Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue has been applying for Federal assistance, but our small rural fire district just hasn't been able to secure funding for this needed communications improvement.
Elsie-Vinemaple RFPD
Clatsop County
Request: $135,000
Elsie-Vinemaple fire district officially covers approx 40 square miles of frontier land in Clatsop County Oregon, unofficially we respond to just under 300 square miles of forest land from the Tillamook and Clatsop state forest. Our district operates on just over $100,000 in annual tax revenue, responding to just shy of 300 calls for service per year and operating brush rigs that are 18 and 32 years old. This grant fund would allow our district to purchase a newer, safer, better equipped wildland fire apparatus to protect both our community and our neighboring forest land. 100% of our fire district is built in the Wildland Urban Interface. We have seen increases in wildland fire response in my 2.5 years as fire chief with intensity of those incidents continuing to increase.
Canyonville South Umpqua Fire District
South Douglas County
Request: $6,000
Requesting funding for wildland packs for shelters, and water. All of our current wildland packs have been restitched and fixed numerous times, and are still falling apart. We are looking at purchasing new mystery ranch wildland packs for each active member of the department to better equip our volunteers with life saving equipment that functions and is up to date. We have 20 active members at this time, including three women who do not currently have a pack that fits them well. These packs have a women’s version that is much better suited for them and is also the same price.
Coos County Area Transportation District
Coos County
Request: $2,300
Coos County Area Transportation District is requesting funding to purchase Premium Office Emergency Kits for employees who are responsible for maintaining and operating public transportation services during emergencies and disasters. These kits will provide essential emergency supplies that enable staff to remain safe, self-sufficient, and capable of continuing critical transit operations during events such as severe winter storms, earthquakes, wildfires, flooding, extended power outages, or other natural disasters that impact our service area.
Public transportation is a vital lifeline during emergencies, providing access to evacuation routes, medical services, shelters, essential businesses, and other critical destinations for residents who may have no other means of transportation. Equipping employees with emergency preparedness kits will enhance workforce resilience, improve operational continuity, and strengthen the district's ability to provide safe and reliable transportation when the community needs it most. This investment supports disaster preparedness by ensuring frontline employees have immediate access to essential emergency supplies while carrying out their responsibilities, reducing operational disruptions and improving the district's overall emergency response capability.
Baker Resources Coalition (BRC)
Baker County in Northeast Oregon
Request: $11,730
The Baker Resources Summer Work Program launched in 2019 and today our programming provides youth a "learn and earn" opportunity that builds both hard and soft skills in the field. Our Summer Work Program for high school youth consists of a team of students who work on natural resource management projects on rural properties from June thru August. This year we have an eight-person team: two crew leads and six high school interns. This team will complete wildlife mitigation on seven properties, work on the Powder Basin Watershed Council 's (PBWC) beaver habitat restoration project, and record monitoring data for Wallowa Resources on behalf of the USFS. The interns are paid and earn college credits from Treasure Valley Community College (TVCC) for their experience in Natural Resource Management (NRM). Support for this program has been provided by the Roundhouse and Gray Family Foundations, Wallowa Resource, the Powder Basin Watershed Council, and mitigated property owners, all of whom have contributed a portion of the program costs. The total project cost is $58,380 and funding secured to date is $46,650. The remaining funding gap is $11,730, for which we are seeking assistance.
Vale Rangeland Fire Protection District
Malheur County
Request: $42,000
The Vale Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA) is requesting disaster‑resilience funding to purchase and outfit a road grader that will be used to create and maintain fire breaks across rangeland protection area. The region faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, and the ability to rapidly construct and reinforce fire breaks is one of the most effective tools we have to keep rangeland fires small, protect rural communities, and prevent large‑scale disasters. The requested road grader will allow the RFPA to:
Proactively create fire breaks before fire season, breaking up continuous fuels and reducing the likelihood of large, fast‑moving rangeland fires.
Rapidly construct emergency fire lines during active fires, giving firefighters safe anchor points and improving our ability to stop fire spread.
Maintain and widen existing fire breaks, improving long‑term landscape resilience.
Support suppression efforts during wind‑driven or high‑intensity fire events, when heavy equipment is essential to protect homes, livestock, and critical infrastructure.
The grader costs $32,000, and we are requesting an additional $10,000 to outfit it for safe and effective wildfire operations. These funds will cover full cab with air conditioning (required for operator safety in smoke and heat), initial service and repair, replacement tires and essential parts, and fire‑ready outfitting and safety equipment. This investment directly strengthens the community’s wildfire resilience by giving the Vale RFPA the ability to act before disaster strikes, reduce fuel continuity, and keep fires small. It also ensures we can respond quickly and effectively during fire season, protecting rangeland, homes, livestock, and critical natural resources.
Upstream Access
Western Oregon: Multnomah, Washington, Curry, Clackamas, Lane, Benton, and Douglas Counties
Request: $15,000
Upstream Access is requesting immediate emergency funding to respond to the rapidly growing extreme heat crisis impacting disabled community members and older adults across our region. Demand for cooling and heat-related emergency supplies is already significantly higher than what we experienced during the entire summer last year. Over the past four weeks alone, they have distributed nearly 100 heat-related emergency kits, and by June 16th, their current supply will be nearly exhausted. For comparison, they distributed approximately 150 kits during the entire summer of last year.
With temperatures already rising, worsening wildfire conditions, and increased requests from individuals trying to stay safe while managing disability, chronic illness, mobility limitations, medication storage needs, and limited access to cooling spaces. Many people reaching out are isolated, without transportation, or living in homes that become dangerously hot during heat events and power outages. Community members are being forced to make impossible choices between running an air conditioner (if they have one) to stay safe during extreme heat and paying for other basic needs like food, medications, and medical supplies. No one should have to choose between staying cool and staying alive.
Each emergency heat kit includes critical cooling and preparedness supplies, along with two plain-language resources designed to support accessibility and reduce barriers during emergencies. One document explains how to stay safe during extreme heat, including what to do when the power goes out. The second document lists every item included in the kit, what each is used for, and how to use it safely. These materials are designed to ensure people can quickly understand and use the supplies during stressful or dangerous situations.
Climate and Wildfire Institute
Statewide
Request: $25,000
Climate & Wildfire Institute (CWI) and Grassroots Wildland Firefighters (GWF) propose the Wildland Fire Workforce Capacity Analysis Project—a first-of-its-kind effort to assess the wildfire workforce in Oregon and provide necessary data- and expert insight-driven policy recommendations to re-envision its future. This project will analyze Oregon's entire wildfire workforce capacity and needs. The results will equip the state with the insights needed to modernize wildfire workforce planning, improve safety and well-being, and strengthen community safety and resilience.
Oregon Livestock Council
Eastern and Western Oregon
Request: $60,000
Oregon Livestock Council was launched in the fall of 2023, after evacuating their ranch in 2020 and again in 2022. No one was assisting livestock owners with evacuations during these events, or providing communication or coordination. They are a 100% volunteer and 100% grant/donation funded statewide nonprofit.
They have connected with 16 counties, 4 tribes and the Northwest American Indian Coalition, and OEM, OSFM, DHS OREM, and the Governor's office.
Oregon Livestock Council is fundraising for an evacuation and sheltering equipment POD for each side of the mountains -- Eastern Oregon and Western Oregon. Each POD costs about $200,000. This request would provide for the 24' enclosed Shelter/Command trailer for the Western Oregon POD, and (156) 12' corral panels to complete the 45' Corral Panel trailer setup for the Eastern Oregon POD. These are the most current needs for the Oregon Livestock Council to begin recruiting community volunteer members to train to respond.
St. Vincent de Paul - St Matthew Conference
Hillsboro/Washington County
Request: $20,000
The St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthew Conference is seeking funding to purchase and install a backup generator for the Hertel Center in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Hertel Center serves as a critical community resource, providing food assistance, rent and utility assistance, personal care items, and other essential services to individuals and families experiencing hardship throughout Washington County.
The generator will ensure that pantry operations can continue during power outages caused by severe weather, natural disasters, or other emergencies. In addition to protecting food inventory for thousands of vulnerable households, a backup generator will allow the Hertel Center to remain operational during emergencies, enabling volunteers to continue distributing food, coordinating assistance programs, and serving as a reliable point of support for community members in need. This project will strengthen the organization's disaster preparedness and resilience while helping ensure uninterrupted access to essential services for the families who depend on them.
St Vincent de Paul is in the early stages of fundraising for this project and has developed a preliminary project budget of approximately $35,000. To fund the project, they plan to pursue a combination of grant funding, support from parish and conference donors, community contributions, and other charitable funding opportunities.
Medical Teams International
Central & Eastern Oregon Counties
Request: $190,000
Building on previous national and international disaster response work, and a 2024 pilot in Oregon, Medical Teams has launched its Domestic Disaster Preparedness & Response team with the goal to provide timely and effective resiliency planning, medical care, and medical evacuation support to communities and individuals before, during, and after disasters. Collaborating with local public health departments and community based organizations across the state, Medical Teams aims to provide:
Mass care and medical needs shelter training
Emergency medical training & emergency kit distribution
Disaster preparedness education
Support to public health agencies assessing vulnerabilities in emergency operations plans
Investment in network and capacity building focused on supporting Access and Functional Needs (AFN) individuals during disasters
While continuing to invest in community preparedness work, the near-term objective is to respond to disasters in the Pacific Northwest. Their goal is to alleviate suffering and mitigate the healthcare impact of disasters on displaced populations, and response work will focus on meeting the needs of medically fragile and AFN populations and will include:
Rapid needs and public health assessments
Medical support for shelters including triage, chronic illness support, and disease prevention
Delivery and coordination of essential medical supplies
Trauma informed emotional and psychological support
Seaside School District
Clatsop County
Request: $81,950
Seaside is a small resort town on the coast of Northwestern Oregon. The year-round population was 7,164 in 2023 and the number of people during the summer surges each year, due to the town being a popular destination for tourists. In 1964, on Good Friday, the town of Seaside experienced a tsunami after a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska, that caused $276,000 ($2.7M today) in damages to homes, cars and businesses. At that time, the population was 3,877, about half of what it is today. No lives were lost during the 1964 tsunami, however, the event did spur the town to begin learning about and taking precautions for the event of another earthquake and tsunami. The City of Seaside has designated five evacuation locations in the case of an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. While the Seaside School Complex is not one of those designated sites, it has been deemed to be outside of the inundation zone. In 2021, the Seaside School District completed construction of their new middle and high schools, which resulted in all school campuses being located in a higher ground location. This ensured that, in the event of a tsunami during the school day, children and staff would not be on a campus in the danger zone. It also created an ideal location for evacuation and reunification. The Seaside School District understands they will likely be an important hub in an emergency and is therefore seeking to be better prepared for a predicted three to four week delay in outside emergency services arriving to assist.
This grant request is to fund the purchase of a mobile water purification unit, which could be used by the School District after a natural disaster to ensure that any persons taking shelter on the campus will have clean drinking water. The unit in question has the ability to clean up to 3,000 gallons of water per day, and will be delivered to the School District in a fully contained and enclosed trailer that can be towed to any water source and used to fill clean water containers.
Rockwood Common
East Multnomah
Request: $80,000
Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham and surrounding communities of East Multnomah County. Rockwood is a neighborhood of persistent poverty, with over 90 spoken languages. Rockwood is underserved during smoke, heat, and extreme cold weather. There is no community space for residents and unhoused neighbors to seek refuge. Rockwood Common Tool Library is renovating 2,600 sq ft as a resilience site and lending library to provide relief, resources, and preparedness education in this community. Phase 1 is underway to repair our roof and move in our lending library. $80,000 is needed for Phase 2, to mitigate mold and prepare a classroom and temperature controlled third space.
Update from the United Way of the Columbia Gorge
Rowena Recovery recently published a milestones dashboard that provides a clear, visual snapshot of progress to date and how resources have supported the community.
The Executive Director of United Way of the Columbia Gorge has been actively involved in the Unmet Needs Roundtable, a key component of their recovery work. This forum ensures that resources are distributed both equitably and strategically. Disaster case managers present verified unmet needs from impacted households, which are then reviewed anonymously by a cross-sector group of partners. This collaborative process allows UW of The Gorge to prioritize assistance for those with the greatest need while maintaining careful stewardship of available funds.
Thanks to the funding received to date, meaningful progress has been made in supporting impacted households, primarily repairing septic systems. However, several critical needs remain. Most urgently, funding for disaster case management is projected to run out by June, despite continued and likely increased demand as the one-year anniversary approaches. In addition, there is an ongoing need for flexible funding through the LTRG to support individual assistance.
City of Cascade Locks
Hood River County
Request: $400,000
A landslide occurred near Ruckel Falls that is blocking the Historic Highway State Trail, and no agency has the funding to address.
During the December rain event, the hillside above the Historic Highway State Trail slid and covered the Trail in ~12 feet of material (mud, rocks, trees) over 100 yards wide. The slide was likely exacerbated by the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, as many of the trees that burned during that event are now starting to fall and bring down rocks and other debris.
The landslide is currently blocking the Historic Highway State Trail between the Eagle Creek Trailhead and Cascade Locks.
It’s near Ruckel Creek, and around 100 yds of the trail is covered roughly 12 feet deep at the peak.
The Historic Highway State Trail is jointly managed by ODOT and OPRD through a maintenance agreement, but this is beyond what OPRD can do on their own. ODOT can only conduct maintenance on ODOT ROW, given they’re using State Highway Trust Fund dollars.
Oregon’s 29 Rangeland Fire Protection Associations
Oregon’s Eastern Counties
Request: $232,000
The Rangeland Fire Protection program is seeking $232,000 in private funding for RFPAs to purchase tires and wheels, one of the single largest expenses shared by all RFPAs and with the biggest impact on safety and effectiveness. Although tires are a focus, RFPAs have many other needs as well. The average annual operating budget of an RFPA for fiscal year ’26 (FY26) was $25,000, through a combination of local, state and federal funding. The three primary sources of funding are self-imposed membership dues (average $6,000/RFPA), the federal Volunteer Fire Capacity Grant (maximum $10,000/RFPA) and reimbursement for liability insurance by the State of Oregon (average $5,000/RFPA) followed by local donations, fundraising and other grants (average $4,000/RFPA). 16 of the 29 RFPAs applied for the VFC grant in 2025. Volunteer time and expertise is a barrier to applying for the VFC grant and other grant opportunities for many of the RFPAs. As of 2025, tires are no longer an eligible purchase with Volunteer Fire Capacity Grant funds.
Wheeler County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Wheeler County
Request: $45,000
Wheeler County had an unprecedented wildfire season in 2024, like many other areas. A total of approximately 147,675ac burned (~14%) amongst 7 separate mega-fire incidents, not including the smaller fires responded solely by local volunteers. Funding through this proposal will be used for the high-priority need of purchasing forty Bendix King (BK) Radios to be immediately used across fire response agencies in Wheeler County. Some of these agencies currently have used/refurbished BK radios, while others do not have any – solely relying on basic radios that are sometimes unprogrammable/unclonable at remote incident command areas. BK is the standard radio utilized by emergency response persons. The particular model SWCD is looking at is known for its extreme durability in harsh conditions, long battery capacity, and field programming/cloning ability. Each radio costs approximately $1,000 and WCSO has a contractor who programs radios on an as-needed basis and has agreed to program all 40 radios for a flat fee of $500. Wheeler SWCD will be the fiscal and administrative sponsor for the project for a flat rate fee of $5,000.
Village of Rowena, Inc
Wasco County
Request: $100,000
Village of Rowena, Inc. is a community-led nonprofit coordinating long-term recovery efforts following the Rowena wildfire of 2025. They serve as a boots-on-the-ground coordination hub supporting residents—particularly underinsured and uninsured households—as they navigate cleanup, rebuilding, and recovery. They are planning a large-scale hazard tree mitigation effort in partnership with Team Rubicon, with deployment scheduled for early April. This effort is a critical first step toward enabling safe rebuilding, as many properties remain inaccessible or unsafe due to fire-damaged trees. Future plans include: debris management and biomass removal; temporary and permanent utilities (power, water, septic systems, wells); site preparation for rebuilding; navigation support for insurance, grants, and permitting; and ongoing coordination. Funds will go towards volunteer operations, equipment and debris management solutions, and community coordination infrastructure.
Row River Valley Water District
Dorena, OR in South Lane County
Request: $50,000
After the atmospheric river hit the valley in December 2025, the water intake was overwhelmed with debris causing the water district to lose water for 103 households. Residents had no water for several days and then were on a Boil Water Notice. Locating and repairing the plug of debris costs $50,000 and was completed thanks to many volunteer hours. Row River Valley Water District applied to FEMA but were told that Lane County did not meet the threshold of damages needed to activate a FEMA response. They are raising funds to reimburse their unexpected costs.