Don’t wait for floodwaters or fire to expose your home’s vulnerabilities! Register for an assessment today and start protecting your home from future disasters. Visit rockyview.ca/protect.
Grants Available!
Protecting your home starts with simple actions. Whether you are doing regular maintenance or making large scale changes during renovations, your choices will help protect your home. Rocky View County is offering free home assessments and corresponding grants for County residents relating to flood or fire protection, to help you identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
This unique fire and flood assessment program is part of the County’s work to build resiliency into our communities, and actively manage potential threats while helping to keep Rocky Viewers safe.
What Is This?
The Fire and Flood Home Protection Program provides you with the opportunity to book an appointment with a qualified representative who will conduct a multi- point visual assessment and review of your home and property, while following safe social distancing guidelines.
Home Flood Assessment
This assessment is completed by a trained assessor through AET Group Inc., a national environmental consulting agency, and takes approximately 90 minutes. The assessor conducts a 50-point visual assessment and develops a list of actions for reducing flood risk.
Home FireSmart Assessment
This assessment is provided by a trained Rocky View County Fire assessor and takes approximately two hours. The assessors performs a complete visual assessment and develops a list of actions to reduce fire risk.
What Are The Benefits?
This free program helps you identify and reduce flood or fire risk through individual home assessments.
Under the home flood mitigation grant program, activities such as gutter cleaning, back water valve installation, sealing of foundation cracks in walls and floors, the disconnection of downspouts, and window wells and well coverings are several of the items that would be included.
For the home fire mitigation grant program, items such as tree removal in the area up to 10 meters from your home and the pruning of conifer trees are included.
Each resident’s assessment will be specific to their home, so actual items covered may vary.
What Happens Next?
Once an assessment is completed, you will receive a report outlining a list of actions to mitigate flooding or fire risks. You determine which actions to follow up on and implement.
You then apply for a grant through Rocky View County up to a total of $9,054 per household for fire and flooding combined: $7,454 for flooding home improvements and up to $1,600 for fire home improvements. A County representative will review your grant application and assessment document, and notify you within a week if your application is approved. You will receive an approval letter outlining the amounts of funding, the work that is approved, and the next steps related to receiving the grant funds.
To apply, fill out the Residential Resilience Grant Application form and submit via:
Email: emergencymanagement@ rockyview.ca and write “Residential Resilience Grant Application” in the subject line.
OR
Mail to: Rocky View County Fire Services and Emergency Management Community Resilience Program
262075 Rocky View Point
Rocky View County, AB, T4A 0X2
Please note, it may take up to one month to process a grant application.
What Else Do You Need To Know?
Limited availability, so book now!
This innovative partnership is supported by a $1.4 million grant through the Canadian Red Cross Society.
The County’s partnership with the Canadian Red Cross Society is a first in Alberta to build both fire and flood resiliency into the community. By empowering and supporting residents to take proactive measures to reduce their risk, together we are creating a safer place for people to live.
