IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.
Welcome to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.
Assistance is available for eligible uninsured residents for the removal of disaster related debris from their homes to make them safe and habitable. Debris must be directly impacting the home.
This assistance is not intended to cover non-essential debris beyond the immediate vicinity of the residential property. In some cases, assistance may be available for the demolition of uninsured homes that have been destroyed or significantly damaged.
If your uninsured home was impacted by Tropical Cyclone Seroja, is in an activated Local Government Area, and you would like clean-up assistance please register your interest.
You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.
Please ensure you save as you go and click Submit when you have completed the Expression of Interest form. If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your Expression of Interest has NOT been submitted.
For queries please contact the Recovery and Resilience Team at serojainfo@dfes.wa.gov.au and quote your reference number.
On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the Expression of Interest. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.
You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the Expression of Interest.
If you wish to leave a partially completed Expression of Interest, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, locate your Expression of Interest, reopen your draft and start where you left off.
You can also download your Expression of Interest, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the Expression of Interest form.
You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your Expression of interest before you can submit it.
Once you have reviewed your Expression of Interest you can submit it by clicking on Submit at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your Expression of Interest until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.
Once you have submitted your Expression of Interest, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.
When you submit your Expression of Interest, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your Expression of Interest attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.
Hint: also check the email hasn’t landed in your spam or junk email folder.
For queries please contact the Recovery and Resilience Team at serojainfo@dfes.wa.gov.au and quote your reference number.
This assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
