# State Fire Capacity Grants (State Fire Assistance)

**Agency:** Agriculture (USDA)  
**Account:** State, Private, and Tribal Forestry  
**Source document:** Forest Service · p. 40  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/agriculture/state-fire-capacity-grants-state-fire-assistance  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 76.0 |

## Agriculture (USDA) discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $20.40B, FY2026 $33.40B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Table FS-31. State Fire Capacity Grants Detail Table (thousands of dollars) State Fire Capacity Grants (State Fire Assistance) - Justification of Changes A decrease of $76,000,000 in State Fire Capacity Grants (State Fire Assistance) States and local partners to fund their wildfire preparedness activities. While the Budget does not request new funding for this account, it will strategically utilize existing carryover balances to responsibly and effectively close this program and transfer any legacy activities to the U.S. Wildland Fire Service at the Department of the Interior (DOI). Table FS-32. Volunteer Fire Capacity Grants Detail Table (thousands of dollars) Volunteer Fire Capacity Grants - Justification of Changes FY 2027 Budget recognizes that local partners should be empowered to fund their wildfire protection capabilities. While the Budget does not request new funding for this account, it will strategically utilize existing carryover balances to responsibly and effectively close this program and transfer any legacy activities to the U.S. Wildland Fire Service at DOI.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Agriculture (USDA) › Forest Service › State, Private, and Tribal Forestry › State Fire Capacity Grants (State Fire Assistance)


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*