FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                Contact: Gretchen M. Wintermantel
April 4, 2007                                                                       202.225.6511      

Kanjorski Announces Application Period Open for Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program

WASHINGTON - Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program application period has begun and will end at 5 p.m. on May 4.

Grant applications are available online at http://www.firegrantsupport.com/, http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/, and http://www.grants.gov/. An applicant tutorial is available online. Applicants who have questions can contact the help desk at (866) 274-0960 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday or via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Applicants can also contact Congressman Kanjorski's office at (800) 222-2346 or (570) 825-2200 for additional assistance.

Congressman Kanjorski also developed a resource guide for fire departments called Assistance to Firefighters that is available online at http://kanjorski.house.gov/ or by calling Congressman Kanjorski's Wilkes-Barre office at 570-825-2200.

Congressman Kanjorski was among 286 cosponsors of the FIRE Act of 2000. More than $11.5 million in federal grants has been awarded to fire companies in the 11^th congressional district since the FIRE grant program began. To date, 101 fire companies in the 11^th congressional district have benefited from this federal grant program.

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