Fire Recovery Assistance
Salt Fire and South Fork Fire
Zero-interest Loans Program
Governor Lujan Grisham signed HB1 from the 2024 Special Session, allocating $70 million for zero-interest loans to help New Mexico political subdivisions repair or replace public infrastructure damaged by the Salt Fire and South Fork Fire. These loans provide critical financial support before FEMA Public Assistance reimbursement is available. DFA and the NM Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) work together to assist local entities with this process.
Top-level info:
- Provide zero-interest reimbursable loans to political subdivisions of the state
- Political subdivisions must have been pre-approved for federal public assistance funding.
- Funding available for projects to replace or repair public infrastructure damaged by fire, flooding, or debris flows caused by or stemming from the Salt Fire and South Fork Fire.
- DFA-LGD requires a loan agreement for reimbursement from a political subdivision of the state receiving a loan.
Eligible Entities
- Lincoln County
- City of Ruidoso Downs
- Village of Ruidoso
- Alpine Village Sanitation District
- Cedar Creek Mutual Domestic Community
- Water Association
- F. Sanchez South Ditch
Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Recovery Loan
Zero-Interest Loans Program
DFA, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management (DHSEM), awarded $99.6 million in zero-interest loans to political subdivisions of the state for projects to replace or repair public infrastructure damaged by fire, flooding, or debris flows caused by or stemming from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire.
Projects include:
- $41.1 million to Mora County for road and culvert repairs
- $34.2 million to San Miguel County for road and bridge repairs
- $22.6 million to the City of Las Vegas for debris removal projects and a temporary filtration system
- $1 million to Mora Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Associations (MDWSA) for well water pump project
- $500 thousand to Agua Pura Water Association for water supply system pipe repairs and replacement
Learn more about the successful distribution of these funds here.