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USFA Grants and Funding

This page contains information on financial assistance available from the U.S. Fire Administration and other Federal agencies for fire departments and other first responders. Highlighted information includes the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance and ideas for funding alternatives.

Assistance for Firefighter Grants Application Open

Latest Updates

November 8, 2006
USFA and the National Fire Protection Association release the cooperative study Four Years Later - A Second Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service.

October 6, 2006
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today $91.8 million in direct assistance grants to 860 fire departments and first responder organizations through the department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. Additional phases will soon be announced that will total $485 million in FY06 AFG awards to nearly 5,000 fire-related organizations nationwide.

September 6, 2006
Guidance for the 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is now available in the Federal Register.