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FEMA Authorizes Funds To Fight Schroeder Fire

Schroeder Fire

"Smoke from the Schroeder Fire over Rapid City on Monday morning."

Richard Two Bulls/SDPB

 

FEMA authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Schroeder Fire burning in Pennington County near Rapid City. 

FEMA approved the state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant after receiving the request this  afternoon and determining the fire threatened destruction and could lead to a major disaster. 

The authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75% of the state’s eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for managing, mitigating and controlling designated fires.  

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