Emergency Services Grant Program

Spring 2025 Grant Round for Search & Rescue Organizations Opens on March 12.

Semi-Annual Grant Rounds

Boulder County runs two grant cycles per year. (Schedule for grant rounds may change from year to year.)

One round of funding is dedicated to fire districts that serve the mountain and rural areas of unincorporated Boulder County. A second round of funding is offered to search and rescue organizations that provide services in Boulder County:

• Spring – Search & Rescue and Trail/Recreation Safety Service Providers in Boulder County;
• Fall – Fire Protection Districts Serving Mountain and Rural Boulder County communities.

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News and Updates

• Boulder County Approves $1.3 Million in Emergency Services Grants for Local Fire Protection Agencies (Fall 2024)
• More than $700K in Emergency Services Grants Awarded to Local Search & Rescue Agencies (Spring 2024)
• Boulder County Awards $1.6 Million in First Round of Grants (Fall 2023)

Awards by Organization Type and Service

(Current as of February 2025)

Staff Liaison

Email Barb Halpin at bhalpin@bouldercounty.gov or call 720-564-2830

The Emergency Services Sales & Use Tax was approved by voters as County Issue 1B in 2022. Revenues from the tax help provide financial assistance to underfunded or under-resourced organizations providing emergency services—such as firefighting or search and rescue—in the rural and mountain areas of Boulder County.

Grants are awarded annually to help enhance emergency services and trail & trailhead safety services in unincorporated Boulder County.

Emergency Services Grant Program Advisory Committee

The Emergency Services Grant Program Advisory Committee (ESGPAC) provides recommendations to Boulder County regarding the grant program portion of the Emergency Services Sales and Use Tax. The committee reviews two grant cycles each year.

Read more about the advisory committee…