El Pomar Foundation’s Wildland Fire Fund supports the immediate emergency needs of volunteer firefighting agencies and first responders throughout Colorado. El Pomar states that the Fund has provided more than $6 million since its creation and identifies personal firefighting equipment, radios, hoses and pumps among the types of supplies historically supported.
Funding: El Pomar does not publish a current per-award minimum, maximum or standard award amount for the Wildland Fire Fund. Historical awards demonstrate that the Fund makes direct equipment and emergency-response grants, but prior award amounts should not be treated as a current ceiling.
Deadline and timing: applications are accepted through El Pomar’s online grants portal on a rolling basis. The currently published Wildland Fire Fund Trustee review dates are September 18, 2026 and December 4, 2026. El Pomar asks complete competitive or Fund applications to be submitted at least 10 weeks before the desired Trustee meeting to ensure eligibility for that review; incomplete or later applications may move to a later meeting. For the December 4, 2026 review, that guidance implies a practical target of approximately September 25, 2026. This is planning guidance, not a hard application deadline. No submission clock time or time zone is published.
Eligibility and geography: volunteer and government agencies seeking support for personal protection equipment and other emergency needs are eligible. The Fund serves agencies and first responders throughout Colorado.
Match / cost share: the controlling public Fund guidance does not state a mandatory match or cost-share requirement.
Eligible costs and scope: the Fund expressly supports personal protection equipment and other immediate emergency needs. El Pomar’s own history identifies personal firefighting equipment, radios, hoses and pumps, and recent Foundation materials describe preparedness and equipment replenishment as supported uses. The public Fund page does not specifically identify medical devices, telehealth, remote physical examination systems, ambulances, vehicles, construction, staffing, subscriptions or professional services as eligible, so those costs require applicant-specific confirmation before being advanced.
Prior-award eligibility: if an applicant received a Wildland Fire Fund award, it must generally wait three years from the Trustee meeting at which the grant was awarded before being considered again. If declined, the applicant generally must wait one year from the Trustee meeting date. El Pomar notes that these restrictions do not apply to grants initiated by Trustees.
Submission: applications are submitted online through El Pomar’s grants portal. El Pomar moved to a new grants-management system in April 2026; first-time users of that new system must create a new account. The public Wildland Fire Fund page does not publish a separate solicitation number or a public line-by-line application form.
Contact: El Pomar Foundation Grants Office, grants@elpomar.org, 719-633-7733.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 86/100. N9+ Fit Score: 18/100 conditional. QC Healthcare / other Dr. Miltie fit: 5/100 conditional. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100.
This is a strong statewide Colorado first-responder and emergency-preparedness funding source, but it is not a strong commercial N9+ opportunity. The Fund clearly supports PPE and emergency-response equipment, yet its public guidance does not specifically establish remote physical examination, telehealth or clinical-device allowability. An N9+ pathway should therefore be treated as conditional and only considered where an eligible Colorado fire/EMS agency independently documents an immediate operational need and El Pomar confirms the proposed clinical technology is an allowable emergency expense.
A realistic prospect for applicant-side screening is Highland Rescue Team Ambulance District, whose official materials describe a wildland fire specialty team that provides EMS and medical support during wildland fires and other all-hazard incidents. Provisional applicant Opportunity Score: 93/100 for mission/eligibility relevance, subject to confirmation of current legal status, a documented unfunded emergency need, and El Pomar Wildland Fire Fund award/declination cooldown history before any outreach.