Provides funding to First Nations communities to enhance resiliency and emergency management through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Supports culturally sensitive projects including training, emergency planning, risk assessments, fire prevention, and reimburses response and recovery activities after emergencies such as wildfires, floods, storms, earthquakes, and health crises on eligible reserves or lands.
Eligible applicants are First Nations located on reserves as defined by the Indian Act, lands set aside in Yukon and Northwest Territories, or modern treaty settlement lands. Projects must directly support these communities impacted by emergency events.
