Lane County’s Firewise Grant Incentive Program is accepting applications from residents in unincorporated Lane County beginning May 1 through 4:00 p.m. on May 30, 2025.

Firewise grants reimburse rural property owners for eligible costs related to reducing the risk of wildfire, such as clearing vegetation, replacing wood shake roofing, fire-resistant landscaping materials, noncombustible exterior siding, chimney spark arrestors, and more. Up to $15,500 in grant funding is available for each qualifying property.

Preference is provided to applications:

• from first-time applicants.
• to replace wood shake roofs.
• for dwellings outside of fire districts.
• for homes that burned in the Holiday Farm Fire
• from high fuels areas as mapped in the Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
• from applicants who recently received a letter from the Oregon Department of Forestry about the wildfire risk on their property.

People who have already received Firewise or Community Wildfire Risk Reduction grants are welcome to apply, but their applications will not be prioritized for funding.

Apply online at www.LaneCountyOR.gov/firewise. Paper applications are also available at the Lane County Public Works Customer Service Center (3050 North Delta Highway, Eugene).

Firewise grants are funded through Title III of the Federal Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program - Section 601 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.