Strengthening Arizona Through Grants and Partnerships Q&A

Held in Tucson on December 4-6, 2024, the Arizona Wildland Urban Interface Summit was a statewide event for wildfire preparedness, planning, and postfire recovery. Participants discussed emergent strategies for landscape-scale wildfire planning and implementation, access professional networking opportunities, and left with a renewed confidence on how to collaboratively address and manage wildfire concerns - before, during, and after the fire. At the 2024 event, the AZ WUI Summit focused on creating a cohesive framework devised by leaders across the wildland urban interface; shared best practices, current efforts, and specific projects in the WUI; and offered tools and techniques for collective improvements on these efforts.

Speakers: Shaina Tallas, BIA; Christine Mares, AZDFFM; Nicholas Smith, AZDEMA; John Richardson, AZDFFM; & Matthew Brown, USFS

00:47 DEMA-funded project timeline
02:20 State funding eligibility
05:47 Making matching funds
07:33 Hazard mitigation plans
09:45 Training
12:00 Partnering with Tribal Nations
15:17 CWDG
16:40 BIA funding guidelines