FireSmart Community Funding and Supports

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2025 intake of this funding stream. Funding permitting, eligible applicants may submit one application between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.

Applications for the 2026 intake will be accepted starting October 1, 2025.

The FireSmart Community Funding and Supports program provides funding to local governments and First Nations in BC to increase community resiliency by undertaking community-based FireSmart planning and activities that reduce the community’s risk from wildfire.

Please join the UBCM Funding Webinar: 2026 Community Resiliency Investment on July 23, 2025 (1:30 – 3:30 PM) to learn more about this intake. Register Here. A second webinar will be held October 2, 2025.

Funding permitting, eligible applicants may submit one application between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
- 2026 FCFS Application-based Funding for FireSmart Activities - Program and Application Guide
- Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Application Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
Step 2 | Application Worksheet
This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.
A sample worksheet can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Application Worksheet. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.
Funding permitting, eligible recipients may submit a funding request between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
- 2026 FCFS Allocation-based Funding for FireSmart Activities - Program and Application Guide
- Funding requests are required to be submitted in two steps prior to the application deadline:
  
  Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Allocation-based Funding Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
Step 2 | Allocation-based Funding Worksheet
This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.

A sample of the Funding Request Form can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Funding Request Form. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.
Funding permitting, eligible applicants, who have an approved 2026 application under Application-based Funding for FireSmart Activities or Allocation-based Funding for FireSmart Activities, may submit one application between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
- 2026 FCFS Fuel Management Application-based Funding for FireSmart Activities - Program and Application Guide
- Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Application Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
Step 2 | Application Worksheet
This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.
A sample worksheet can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Application Worksheet. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.
Funding permitting, eligible applicants may submit one application between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.
- 2025 FCFS Application-based - Program and Application Guide | updated July 2025
- Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Application Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
  APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
  Step 2 | Application Worksheet
  This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
  More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.
  A sample worksheet can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Application Worksheet. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.
- 2025 FCFS Application-based Final Report Form
Additional Materials for Applicants:
Funding permitting, eligible recipients may submit a funding request between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.
- 2025 FCFS Allocation-based - Program and Application Guide | updated July 2025
- Funding requests are required to be submitted in two steps prior to the application deadline:
  Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Allocation-based Funding Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2.
  APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
  Step 2 | Allocation-based Funding Worksheet
  This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
  More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the application process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cri@ubcm.ca.
  
  A sample of the Funding Request Form can be provided for internal use by applicants only in order to prepare for submission using the LGPS Online Application Tool. Contact cri@ubcm.ca for a sample of the Funding Request Form. Do not submit this sample worksheet to UBCM.
- 2025 Allocation-based Funding Claims Form
Additional Materials for Applicants:
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
- 2024 FCFS - Program and Application Guide | updated March 2025
- 2024 FCFS - Final Report Form
Additional Materials for Applicants:
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
- 2024 FCFS Allocation-based - Program and Application Guide | updated February 2025
- 2024 Allocation-based Funding Claims Form
Additional Materials for Recipients:
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
- 2021 Program & Application Guide - updated July 2024
- 2021 Final Report Form
- 2021 Final Report Worksheet 1 - updated July, 2022
- 2021 Final Report Worksheet 2 - updated January, 2022
- 2020 Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CWRP) Template
- 2020 CWRP Supplemental Instruction Guide
Approved applicants should refer to the program guide for reporting requirements.
- 2020 Program & Application Guide - updated July, 2024
- 2020 Final Report Form
- 2020 Final Report Worksheet 1 - updated July, 2022
- 2020 Final Report Worksheet 2
- FireSmart BC Information Sheet - updated June, 2024
- Firesmart Assessment Flowchart
- FireSmart Assessment Work Hours Estimate Form - updated June, 2024
- FireSmart Roadmap
- FireSmart Structure Protection Trailer Inventory Form - updated form coming soon
- GIS Materials (geodatabase template, copy of the spatial appendix and ReadMe document)
- Sample AOI-WUI Map for CWRP Applications - added June, 2024
- 2022 Residential Use of Wood Chips Memo
- CRI Summary of Approved Projects 2019-2024 (as of April 2024)