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Wildfire Season Staffing Grant

About the Grant

Established in 2022, the wildfire season staffing grant funds local fire agencies so they can boost firefighters during fire season. The goal of the funding is to keep fires small and away from communities. The grants, up to $35,000 per agency, have proved successful in stopping fires before they have a chance to grow into a more costly response. They also provide local fire agencies with staff to respond to other types of calls, ultimately saving lives. The grant is a part of a broader strategy the Oregon State Fire Marshal is using to response to the wildfire crisis in the state.

2026 Recipients Announced

On May 1, the Oregon State Fire Marshal announced the recipients for the 2026 grant. Fire agencies awarded can be found below. 

Fire Agency Name County
Adair Rural Fire Protection DistrictBenton
Amity Fire DepartmentYamhill
Applegate Valley Rural Fire Protection District 9Jackson
Astoria Fire DepartmentClatsop
Aumsville Rural Fire Protection DistrictMarion
Azalea Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Baker Rural Fire Protection DistrictBaker
Bandon Rural Fire DistrictCoos
Banks Fire Department 13Washington
Bay City Fire DepartmentTillamook
Bly Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Bonanza Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Brookings Fire And RescueCurry
Brownsville Rural Fire DistrictLinn
Burns Fire DepartmentHarney
Camas Valley Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Canyonville South Umpqua Fire DepartmentDouglas
Cascade Locks Fire & EmsHood River
Central Cascades Fire & EmsKlamath
Central Oregon Coast Fire And RescueLincoln
Charleston Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Chemult Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Chiloquin-Agency Lk Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Christmas Valley Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection DistrictDeschutes
Coburg Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Colton Rural Fire Protection DistrictClackamas
Coquille Fire DepartmentCoos
Corbett Fire Department 14Multnomah
Crescent Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Crooked River Ranch Rural Fire Protection DistrictJefferson
Dallas Fire DepartmentPolk
Days Creek Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Dayton Fire DepartmentYamhill
Dayville Fire DepartmentGrant
Dexter Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Dundee Fire DepartmentYamhill
Eagle Valley Rural Fire Protection DistrictBaker
East Lincoln Co Fire And RescueLincoln
East Umatilla Fire And RescueUmatilla
Echo Rural Fire Protection DistrictUmatilla
Elgin Rural Fire Protection DistrictUnion
Elkton Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Elsie-Vinemaple Rural Fire Protection DistrictClatsop
Enterprise Fire DepartmentWallowa
Evans Valley Fire Department 6Jackson
Fair Oaks Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Fossil Volunteer Fire DepartmentWheeler
Garibaldi Fire DepartmentTillamook
Gardiner Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Gaston Rural Fire Protection DistrictWashington
Gearhart Volunteer Fire DepartmentClatsop
Glendale Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Gold Beach Fire DepartmentCurry
Grand Ronde TribalYamhill
Greenacres Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Greensprings Rural Fire Protection DistrictJackson
Haines Fire Protection DistrictBaker
Halsey-Shedd Rural Fire Protection DistrictLinn
Hamlet Volunteer Fire DepartmentClatsop
Harrisburg Fire And RescueLinn
Hauser Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Heppner Fire DepartmentMorrow
Hines Fire DepartmentHarney
Hood River Fire DepartmentHood River
Hoskins-Kings Vly Rural Fire Protection DistrictBenton
Hubbard Fire DepartmentMarion
Huntington Fire DepartmentBaker
Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection DistrictMarion
Illinois Valley Fire DepartmentJosephine
Imbler Rural Fire Protection DistrictUnion
Irrigon Rural Fire Protection DistrictMorrow
Jackson Co Fire Department 1Jackson
Jackson Co Fire Department 4Jackson
Jacksonville Fire DepartmentJackson
Jefferson Co Fire & EmsJefferson
Jefferson Rural Fire Protection DistrictMarion
John Day Fire DepartmentGrant
Junction City Fire And RescueLane
Juniper Flat Rural Fire Protection DistrictWasco
Kellogg Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Keno Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Klamath Co Fire Department 3Klamath
Klamath Co Fire Department 4Klamath
Klamath Co Fire Department 5Klamath
Knappa Fire DepartmentClatsop
La Grande Fire DepartmentUnion
La Grande Rural Fire Protection DistrictUnion
Lafayette Fire DepartmentYamhill
Lake Chinook Fire And RescueJefferson
Lake Creek Rural Fire Protection DistrictJackson
Lakeside Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Lakeview Fire DepartmentLake
Langlois Rural Fire Protection DistrictCurry
Lewis & Clark Rural Fire Protection DistrictClatsop
Lookingglass Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Lowell Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Lyons Rural Fire DistrictMarion
Mckenzie Fire And RescueLane
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection DistrictBaker
Merrill Rural Fire Protection DistrictKlamath
Millington Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Milton Freewater Rural Fire DistrictUmatilla
Milton-Freewater Fire DepartmentUmatilla
Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection DistrictColumbia
Mohawk Valley Rural Fire DistrictLane
Monitor Rural Fire Protection DistrictMarion
Monroe Rural Fire Protection DistrictBenton
Moro Rural Fire Protection DistrictSherman
Mosier Fire DistrictWasco
Mt Angel Fire DepartmentMarion
Myrtle Creek Fire DepartmentDouglas
Myrtle Point Fire DepartmentCoos
Nehalem Bay Fire And RescueTillamook
Netarts-Oceanside Rural Fire Protection DistrictTillamook
New Carlton Fire DepartmentYamhill
North Douglas Co Fire & EmsDouglas
North Gilliam Co Rural Fire Protection DistrictGilliam
North Powder Rural Fire DistrictUnion
North Sherman Co Rural Fire Protection DistrictSherman
Nyssa Fire DepartmentMalheur
Oakland Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Oakridge Fire DepartmentLane
Ontario Fire And RescueMalheur
Philomath Fire And RescueBenton
Pilot Rock Rural Fire Protection DistrictUmatilla
Pleasant Hill Goshen Fire And RescueLane
Powder River Rural Fire Protection DistrictBaker
Prairie City Fire DepartmentGrant
Prospect Rural Fire Protection DistrictJackson
Reedsport Volunteer Fire DepartmentDouglas
Riddle Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Rockaway Fire DepartmentTillamook
Rocky Point Fire & EmsKlamath
Row River Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Sauvie Island Fire DepartmentMultnomah
Scio Rural Fire Protection DistrictLinn
Scottsburg Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Seal Rock Rural Fire Protection DistrictLincoln
Seaside Fire And RescueClatsop
Shaniko Volunteer Fire DepartmentWasco
Sheridan Fire DepartmentYamhill
Siletz Rural Fire Protection DistrictLincoln
Silver Lake Rural Fire Protection DistrictLake
Silverton Fire DepartmentMarion
Sixes Rural Fire Protection DistrictCurry
South Gilliam Co Rural Fire Protection DistrictGilliam
South Sherman Fire And RescueSherman
St Paul Fire DepartmentMarion
Stayton Fire DepartmentMarion
Sublimity Rural Fire Protection DistrictMarion
Sumner Rural Fire Protection DistrictCoos
Sumpter Fire DepartmentBaker
Sutherlin Fire DepartmentDouglas
Sw Polk Co Rural Fire Protection DistrictPolk
Sweet Home Fire & Amb DistLinn
Tangent Rural Fire Protection DistrictLinn
Tenmile Rural Fire Protection DistrictDouglas
Thomas Creek-Westside Rural Fire Protection DistrictLake
Tiller Rural Fire DistrictDouglas
Tillamook Fire DepartmentTillamook
Toledo Fire DepartmentLincoln
Tri City Rural Fire Protection District 4Douglas
Turner Fire DepartmentMarion
Tygh Valley Rural Fire Protection DistrictWasco
Umatilla Fire DepartmentUmatilla
Union Rural Fire Protection DistrictUnion
Unity-Burnt River Fire DepartmentBaker
Upper Mckenzie Rural Fire Protection DistrictLane
Vale Fire DepartmentMalheur
Vernonia Rural Fire Protection DistrictColumbia
Wamic Rural Fire Protection DistrictWasco
Warm Springs Fire & SafetyJefferson
Warrenton Fire DepartmentClatsop
West Side Rural Fire Protection DistrictHood River
Williams Rural Fire Protection DistrictJosephine
Winchuck Rural Fire Protection DistrictCurry
Wolf Creek Rural Fire Protection DistrictJosephine
Wy'East Fire DepartmentHood River
Yachats Rural Fire Protection DistrictLincoln
Yamhill Fire Protection DistrictYamhill

*The agencies below have funding from a prior year that was carried over to support wildfire response in 2026

  • Baker City Fire Department
  • North Bend Fire Department 
  • Aurora Rural Fire Protection District 
  • Umatilla County Fire District #1
  • Woodburn Fire Department

For Recipients

A 2026 grant manual is available below, click the tabs to view each section. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to the Oregon State Fire Marshal's grants team osfm.grants@osfm.oregon.gov.

Eligibility

  1. Must be one of Oregon’s local fire agencies with an assigned FDID or tribal ID, or a non-FDID fire response agency that contributes to local and county mutual aid response systems.
  2. Priority will be given to agencies whose annual property tax income does not exceed $2 million.
    1. This information can be found through your tax assessor’s office.
    2. This is the portion that your agency receives.
    3. This is not your annual operating budget, capital outlay budget, funding received from any grant sources, or reserve accounts.
  3. The maximum award per agency (with no carryover) is $35,000.
  4. Agencies with an approved carryover from prior award years will be limited to what their maximum request amount is. Those agencies will receive an individualized eligibility email. The criteria to determine their eligibility is:
    1. Those who spent 50% or less of their 2025 award will not be eligible for a new award in 2025. They must first spend down their 2025 carry over.
    2. Those who spent 51–84% of their 2025 award are allowed to request up to the max of their 2025 spend or their average spend (whichever is greater) less any carryover.
    3. Those who spent 85% or more of their 2025 award are allowed to request up to $35,000, less any carryover.
  5. Fire Incident Reporting Compliance
    1. For the 2026 season, the Oregon State Fire Marshal is pausing this requirement as fire agencies get established and familiarize themselves with NERIS+.
  6. If your agency received an out-of-compliance communication for the 2025 Wildfire Season Staffing Grant or any other OSFM grant, your agency may be ineligible.
  7. If your agency has not completed reporting requirements of the 2025 Wildfire Season Staffing Grant or any other OSFM grant, your agency may be ineligible.
  8. If it is the intent of two agencies to operate as one entity and they have a legal agreement like an IGA, for the purposes of the grant, the agencies will be treated as one entity, making them eligible for one application.

Allowable Costs

  1. Personnel costs that increase the availability of firefighters, including paying for:
    1. Students/interns who need minimal training
    2. Volunteers who need minimal training
    3. Seasonal firefighters who need minimal training
    4. Extra shifts of part-time career firefighters
    5. Overtime shifts of full-time career firefighters
    6. Employer required expenses such as workers compensation
  2. Administrative costs, including management, payroll, and supplies associated with payment of personnel up to 10% of the current season’s award amount.

Unallowable Costs

  1. Hiring permanent personnel.
  2. Supplanting existing personnel or other budgets (i.e., using funds to cover personnel costs your agency already has budgeted for to allow other activities not budgeted for).
  3. Paid leave expenses (i.e., vacation or sick leave).
  4. Purchasing equipment or equipment maintenance.
  5. Purchasing supplies or PPE.
  6. Fuel or engine maintenance.
  7. Raises or bonuses.
  8. Costs associated with training, conferences, or other travel-related expenditures.
    1. Paying of personnel time for minimal in-district training is allowed.
  9. Costs reimbursed via other OSFM funds (e.g. pre-position, immediate response, conflagration).

Application Form, Process, and Awarding

  1. Applications will be submitted on the new grant management system and must be received by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2026
    1. Link: https://osfm.wizehive.app/program/wildfire-season-staffing/info
  2. The OSFM reserves the right to ask follow-up questions in response to your application.
  3. Applicants with a property tax income of less than $2 million will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis throughout the application period.
  4. Applicants with a property tax income greater than $2 million will be considered after the application period closes, dependent on available funding.
  5. Successful applicants must respond to all OSFM correspondence in a timely manner.
  6. Successful applicants must sign and return their agreement for disbursements to be processed.

Important Grant Dates

  • Applications Open: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
  • Applications Due: Sunday, April 12, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
  • Notice of Award: Monday, April 20, 2026
  • Funding Allocated: Initiated upon completion of agreement
  • Mid Report Due: September 11, 2026
  • Final Report Due: November 13, 2026

Grant Award Payment

1. Grantees will be awarded a one-time, lump sum to be spent across the grant period (May 1, 2026 – October 31, 2026).

Reporting Requirements

  1. Grantees shall provide the OSFM with a mid-report due Friday, September 11, 2026.
  2. Grantees shall provide the OSFM with a final report due Friday, November 13, 2026.
  3. Includes a final budget report and a closeout summary (survey)

OSFM Grants Program:
Shaun Parkman, Grants Manager
Michelle Slay, Grants Coordinator
Dedrei Oldham, Grants Assistant
Email: osfm.grants@osfm.oregon.gov
Phone: 503-791-1956