The Deer Springs Fire Safe Council (DSFSC) has been extremely successful in obtaining grant funds to increase fire safety and support first responders in the Deer Springs Fire Protection District:
2023
- $5,000 from Deer Springs Fire Protection District for education and communication
- $60,000 grant from CAL FIRE/California Climate Investments Fund for "Deer Springs Evacuation Route Improvement, Community Chipping and Education Program." This is a 3 year program.
2021
- $5,000 from Deer Springs Fire Protection District for education and communication
- $2,550 from the San Diego Regional Fire Foundation in support of our community chipping program
- $24,800 from CAL FIRE/California Climate Investments Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to provide 14 community chipping days 2022-2023.
2020
- $2,500 from SDG&E for education and communication
2019
- $50,000 from SDG&E for Moosa Canyon Fuel Break spring maintenance
- $2,500 from SDG&E for education and communication
2018
- $61,288 from San Diego County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program for purchase of 4 Zoll Autopulse CPR systems for DSFPD
- $189,525 ($93,230 from CAL FIRE with $96,295 match from multiple sources) for 2019-2022 "Deer Springs Community Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Education."
- $5,000 from Deer Springs Fire Protection District for education and communication
- $2,500 from SDG&E for education and communication
2017
- $2,500 from SDG&E to assist in funding the Fire Safety News.
2016
- $41,568 from the California Fire Safe Council for the Deer Springs Community Education and Fuel Treatment project
- $5,000 from the Deer Springs Fire Protection District for ongoing community education programs
- $2,500 from SDG&E for communications and organizational equipment for Cal Fire Public Information Officer Vehicles
- $2,500 from SDG&E to assist in funding the Fire Safety New
2015
- $29,610 from Cal Fire SRA fees to continue the chipping program and community education
- $7,000 from the Deer Springs Fire Protection District for ongoing community education programs
- $15,000 from SDG&E for communications and organizational equipment for Cal Fire Public Information Officer Vehicles
- $2,500 from SDG&E to assist in funding the Fire Safety News
2014
- $2,500 from SDG&E to assist in funding the Fire Safety News
- $169,000 from the County of San Diego to equip eight Battalion Chief vehicles with state-of-the-art communications and organization equipment
- $2,500 from SDG&E to assist in funding the Fire Safety News
2012
- $24,900 fom the San Diego Foundation After the Fires Fund with $14,100 in matching funds from DSFSC and other grants to produce a comprehensive plan to assess the wildfire threat for the Deer Springs Fire District to assist in future mitigation and tactical planning
2011
- Deer Springs Community Fuel Reduction - $98,505 from the US Bureau of Land Management with $26,800 in matching funds from DSFSC and $5,700 from L&M Power Equipment for purchase of a chipper and other allied equipment for the chipping program
2010
- Moosa Canyon Fuel Reduction Phase II - funded by a USFS grant for $80,000 with $13,500 matching funds from Deer Springs Fire District and $6,000 from DSFSC continued abatement of dead, dying diseased and invasive vegetation from southeast areas of Moosa Canyon
2009
- Moosa Canyon Fuel Reduction: Phase I – This project was funded by the US Forest Service in 2009 for $89,000 with matching funds of $60,739 from the DSFSC and Deer Springs Fire Protection District.