Investments

Track every dollar your community invests in wildfire mitigation — work-day materials, contractor payments, equipment purchases, grant-funded projects. Investments roll up into the Firewise USA® reaccreditation packet alongside volunteer hours.

Navigate to Investments in the sidebar.

The ledger

Each row is one expenditure. The header summary shows year-to-date totals broken down by category and the per-dwelling-unit average.

Recording an investment

Click Record Investment to add a new entry.

Required fields:

• Date of the expenditure
• Amount in USD
• Category — Materials, Contractor, Equipment, Grant, or Other
• Description — short summary of what the money was spent on

Optional links:

• Action plan item — pin the expense to a specific plan line so the plan’s spent vs. budget rolls up automatically
• Inspection — when the work was driven by a specific finding
• Receipt attachment — upload a PDF or photo for the audit trail

Why it matters

Firewise USA® reaccreditation requires a documented investment threshold each year. Investments logged here are the source of truth for that number — the dashboard’s Invested tile (in Firewise Progress) reads directly from this ledger.

Related

• Action Plans → Funding — track plan-level budgets vs. actuals
• Volunteer Hours — the other half of the Firewise contribution math
• Reports — investments get pulled into the renewal report automatically