Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grants
Dept. of Homeland Security – FEMA
Wildfire-Specific Spending: No
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Mitigation”
Authorization:
P.L. 100-707
575
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2017 – FY2019
Description
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant program provides 75% cost share grants to state, local, and tribal governments to plan and implement disaster mitigation measures, including against wildfires.Additional Program Notes & TCS Insights
From FY1997 to FY2018, the funding available for pre-disaster mitigation was appropriated on an annual basis. In FY2019, the PDM program was funded through the DRF as part of the transition to the new funding model (the BRIC program) which began in FY2020.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 25,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | 100,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | 90,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | 235,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | 250,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | — | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | — | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2024 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2025 | — | 0 | ||
| FY2026 | — | 0 |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No
Appropriations Notes
In 2019, FEMA was transitioning from the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) grant program to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program. FEMA set aside $250 million in funding for mitigation in FY2019, which is catalogued under the PDM program in this database.Additional TCS Resources
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