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Welcome to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
A program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), grants are awarded to fire departments to enhance their ability to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards. Three types of grants are available: Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S), and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER). This Website provides a description of the three types of grants available and offers resources to help fire departments prepare and submit grant requests.

Grant Opportunities
  • Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)
  • Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
  • Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FP&S)
Next Application period: Spring 2009

The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters
Grants (AFG)
is to meet the firefighting and emergency
response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated
emergency medical services organizations.

AFG Grants Home

Help Desk: 1-866-274-0960 or firegrants@dhs.gov
Next Application period: Summer 2009
The SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response) Grant
was created to provide funding
directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter
interest organizations in order to help them increase
the number of trained, "front-line" firefighters available
in their communities.

SAFER Grants Home  

Help Desk: 1-866-274-0960 or firegrants@dhs.gov

Next application period: Fall 2008
The Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FP&S) grants
support projects that enhance the safety of the public
and firefighters from fire and related hazards. The
primary goal is to target high-risk populations,
firefighter safety and mitigate high incidences of death
and injury. Examples of the types of projects supported
by FP&S include fire prevention and public safety
education campaigns, juvenile fire setter interventions,
media campaigns, and arson prevention and awareness
programs.

FP&S Grants Home
Help Desk: 1-866-274-0960 or firegrants@dhs.gov



Announcements
AFG Releases 5-Year Summary of Equipment and Vehicle Awards

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program has posted a five-year statistical breakdown of the equipment and vehicles that have been funded under the "fire grants". The release contains a data summary with a brief description of equipment items (e.g., SCBA, rescue equipment) along with the amount awarded as a percentage of the group total. The statistics are presented as a list of types of items and vehicles funded.

The program years covered in this release are FY2003 to FY2007. For additional information, please visit the AFG Reports section.

The AFG is managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA).


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October 17, 2008
Award for the 2008 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Announced
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today an award for the Fiscal Year 2008 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) awarding one grant to a fire department in the United States.

September 26, 2008
Round 46 of the FY 2007 AFG Awards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the forty-sixth round of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grants, awarding 2 grants totaling $113k to fire departments within the United States.

September 26, 2008
Awards for the 2007 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Announced
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today awards for the Fiscal Year 2007 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) awarding six grants to fire departments in the United States.

September 12, 2008
FY 2007 FP&S Awards - DHS Awards Over $300k To Prevent Fire Death and Injury
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the twentieth round of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grants, awarding two grants totaling over $300k to fire departments within the United States.

September 5, 2008
Round 10 of the FY 2008 AFG Awards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today the tenth round of Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grants, awarding 88 grants totaling $9.3 million to fire departments within the United States.

September 5, 2008
Application Statistics for 2008 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Posted
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has posted the application statistics for the 2008 SAFER grant.



AFG Journal
June 2008
NFPA 1001/State Equivalent Training Standard for FY2008

In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) a stronger emphasis has been placed on the importance of training. In their recommendations to DHS about priorities and areas of emphasis for AFG, fire service representatives have underscored the criticality of having trained firefighters to carry out daily operations. It improves the effectiveness of the operation, it enhances the safety of the firefighter, and it provides interoperability in the sense that similarly trained individuals have similar concepts of operations and expected roles and responsibilities in the incident command. Read More..



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Contact the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Help Desk with any questions or comments:

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