Grants and Contributions:

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Title:
Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Emergency Management
Agreement Number:
FIRENCR-8
Agreement Value:
$25,000.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 19, 2020 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The objective of this Project is to support resilient communities, and enhanced response to natural disasters and provide support for advocacy and facilitation activities related to policies, programs, and procedures, and other considerations, for disaster and emergency management activities for First Nations through the Chiefs Committee on Emergency Management.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:

This Project encourage First Nations' involvement in the planning, development and implementation of disaster and emergency management related policy, programming, and procedures. This Project will reinforce the importance of the emergency management and resiliency to First Nations, helps advocate for improved understanding of disaster risks in all sectors of society, and increases the focus on First Nations involvement.

Location:
OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K1P 6L5
Reference Number:
115-2019-2020-Q4-08959
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:

Two or more departments or agencies are involved in the funding of and/or the awarding of a particular grant or contribution award.

Recipient's Operating Name:
Assembly of First Nations
Recipient's Legal Name:
The NATIONAL INDIAN BROTHERHOOD, as represented by the Assembly of First Nations
Program:
Wildland Fire Resilience
Program Purpose:

The purpose is to increase the resiliency of Canadian communities to the risks and impacts of natural disasters, and to undertake and implement risk reduction analyses and actions. To ensure that wildfire response agencies are integrated with each other in order to implement an effective wildland fire response program, and, to increase the wildfire knowledge of agencies, communities and individuals, in order to create a culture of wildfire safety and to empower the public to understand risk.