Request: $50,000
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A Greater Applegate is seeking funding to secure .65 FTE of staff time and some flexible funds to be used for travel and engagement events to continue the Applegate Wildfire Resilience Initiative and build out a larger network of support that connects hubs and neighborhoods across Williams, Applegate, Ruch, Murphy, and Wilderville (the five recognized but unincorporated communities of the Applegate Valley).

Request: $57,000
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The Jacksonville Fire Department is seeking $57,000 to purchase a replacement command pickup truck. Our current vehicle has reached the end of its useful service life and no longer reliably meets the demands of emergency response, incident command, wildfire operations, inspections, and daily department operations.

Request: $74,993
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An estimated 11,000 acres of standing winter wheat burned, approximately one seventh of the county's annual crop. New seed will prevent that bare ground filling with weeds that become future fire tinder, and the seed must be planted in October. Landowners will plant with their own equipment and fuel, this request is for the seed to replant, and four broadcast spreaders that attach to a side-by-side to seed steep and rocky ground.

Request: $90,200
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Gilliam County is requesting funds to purchase 15 portable, aluminum drinking troughs (1,300 gallons each), and haul water to those troughs placed in emergency grazing pastures through the fall. The SWCD will own the troughs and be able to use them during future emergency situations, the livestock producers will move and place the troughs.

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.

Request: $126,000*
*or partial award; see full request

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.

Request: $75,000

We request $75,000 to finance a new-to-us Brush truck purchase and associated pumps, hoses and fittings. 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.

Request: $79,295
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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.

Request: $62,123
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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.

Request: $60,000
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Oregon Livestock Council is fundraising for an evacuation and sheltering equipment Points of Distribution (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.

Request: $81,950
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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.

Request: $80,000
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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.

Request: $100,000
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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.

Request: $50,000
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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.