A federal program to support nearly $50 million in wildfire mitigation and home-hardening projects in the unincorporated community of Brooktrails in Mendocino County was canceled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the county said this week.
In 2018, FEMA created the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, or BRIC, in response to major natural disasters, including the 2017 wildfires in Northern California. The program sought to help communities across the country be better prepared for natural disasters. The grant has funded projects including infrastructure upgrades for bridges and levees, undergrounding power lines and home-hardening and wildfire preparedness projects.
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