What is a FACNM Leader?

FACNM Leaders take a greater role in helping their communities improve their fire adaptation. A FACNM Leader is someone you or your neighbor can look to for advice on what to do to reduce wildfire risk. FACNM Leaders are the engine of the FACNM Network. Experience has shown that collaboration is one of the most effective ways to reduce wildfire risk. Sharing resources, whether they be financial, labor, or ideas, helps FACNM Leaders have an outsized impact in their communities. Collaboration only works if there are active participants. Organizing community chipper days, responding to a question on the FACNM forum, sharing a success story about a neighborhood firewood removal program are all examples of how FACNM Leaders can help drive the FACNM Network.

To help guide FACNM Leaders through the process of becoming and acting in this important role in their communities, FACNM members collaborated to create the FACNM Leader Guidebook. The Guidebook will empower FACNM Leaders to find solutions and next steps, not necessarily provide them. It provides an overview of a few well-established methods for assessing wildfire risk, identifying community assets, proactively planning for wildfire preparedness, and other useful planning tools. The Guidebook, nor the FACNM Leader program in general, is meant to replace any already established programs or tools.

Learn more about the different FACNM membership levels through the FACNM Membership Structure Guide. Once you’ve determined the level of involvement which best suites your interest and capacity, Join the Network!

Join as a FACNM Leader

Reasons to become a FACNM Leader:

Eligibility for Microgrants

FACNM is pleased to offer grants of up to $2,000 to Network Leaders and Members seeking financial assistance with:

convening wildfire preparedness events,
enabling on-the-ground community fire risk mitigation work, or
developing grant proposals for the sustainable longevity of their Fire Adapted Community endeavor.

Proposals demonstrating community benefit or FAC capacity building will be considered on a semi-annual basis. Grantees will have twelve months from the time of award to utilize the funds.