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This grant program supports fire safety measures in dense wooden house areas of cultural and historical value in Innlandet county, Norway. The purpose is to prevent fires and fire spread in dense wooden house developments to avoid the loss of irreplaceable cultural historical values. The program aims to create local engagement, encourage fire safety, and ensure that measures are implemented with consideration for the building's preservation values. The program covers specific areas in Gjøvik, Kongsvinger, and Lillehammer with dense wooden house developments. Eligible areas must have more than 20 houses with continuous wooden house construction that is worth preserving, with houses less than eight meters apart, and buildings largely from before 1900.

This grant program supports fire safety measures in densely built wooden house areas of cultural-historical value. The funding aims to contribute to the national goal that fires with loss of irreplaceable national cultural values do not occur. Grants can be given for measures that contribute to rapid fire detection, prevent spreading, and facilitate easy extinguishing. Support can also be provided for developing or revising fire safety plans. Projects that test new methods with transferable value to other areas are prioritized. The grant program is administered by Møre og Romsdal County Council and funding is provided from the state budget.

This grant program supports fire safety measures for culturally and historically valuable dense wooden building areas in Norway. The program is administered by county municipalities (fylkeskommuner) and is available to municipalities, owners, and managers of selected dense wooden building environments of cultural-historical value as defined by Riksantikvaren (Directorate for Cultural Heritage). The grant supports measures that contribute to early fire detection, prevent fire spread, facilitate easy extinguishing, and the creation or updating of fire safety plans. When distributing funds, county municipalities prioritize grants for fire safety plans for areas that lack or have outdated plans. Applications are submitted through the Digisak portal, with the next deadline being November 1st.