Welcome To The Assistance To Firefighters Grant Program

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Grants are awarded to fire departments to enhance their ability to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards.
Start learning about the three grants programs below and utilize the provided resources to help prepare and submit grant requests.


Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)

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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 service organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.

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PROGRAM UPDATE:
The FY 2012 AFG award announcements are underway.
 


Staffing For Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants (SAFER)

The Staffing For Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants Seal

The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. The goal of SAFER is to enhance the local fire departments' abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA and OSHA (NFPA 1710 and/or NFPA 1720 and OSHA 1910.134). For details visit NFPA.org.

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PROGRAM UPDATE:
The FY 2012 SAFER award announcements are underway.

 


Fire Prevention & Safety Grants (FP&S)

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FY 2012 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Application Period: December 17, 2012, to January 18, 2013
Visit the FP&S Grant web page for application information.

The Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Grants are part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) and support projects that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related hazards. The primary goal is to reduce injury and prevent death among high-risk populations. In 2005, Congress reauthorized funding for FP&S and expanded the eligible uses of funds to include Firefighter Safety Research and Development.

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PROGRAM UPDATE: FY 2011 FP&S award announcements are underway.

 


 

Assistance to Firefighters Station Construction Grants (SCG)

The Fire Prevention and Safety Grants Seal

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) provided the Department of Homeland Security with $210,000,000 to fund the 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Fire Station Construction Grants (SCG).
This one-time grant opportunity provided 120 fire departments with financial assistance to build new fire stations or modify existing stations, in order to enhance response capabilities and protect the community from fire and fire-related hazards.

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Grants Information Updates

AFG Funding and Application Schedule

An appropriation of $675 million has been approved for FY 2012

  • $337.5 million will support Fire and EMS Operations and Safety Grants, Firefighting and Emergency Vehicle Grants and Fire Prevention and Safety Grants
  • $337.5 million will support SAFER grants

Grant Closeout Updates

FY 2011 Closeout Tutorial

  • AFG award recipients are required to submit a final Closeout Report at the end of their grant Period of Performance. This tutorial will assist grantees with understanding and filling-out the various sections of the Closeout Report.

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FY 2009 and FY 2010 AFG and Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grantees

  • The FY 2009 and 2010 AFG and FP&S closeout modules are unavailable at this time due to technical issues. But this will not hinder a department's ability to submit applications for FY 2011 or FY 2012 grants nor will it negatively affect a department's chances to receive awards.
  • You will be notified as soon as the closeout modules become available. At that time, all FY 2009 and 2010 grantees will be required to submit closeout reports.

All Other AFG and FP&S Grantees (not FY 2009 or FY 2010)

  • All other AFG and FP&S awardees should submit their grant closeout reports on schedule, that is, within 90 days of the end of the grant's period of performance.
  • If you have questions or problems about closing out your grant, please contact the AFG Help Desk at 1-866-274-0960 or by e-mail: firegrants@dhs.gov.



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Award Announcements

AFG, SAFER and FP&S Award Announcements

Award announcements are updated weekly when awards have been issued. Search the list by state, award amount or by city to see which departments received funding. If you have questions regarding the AFG Grants, you can reach the FEMA's Grants Programs Directorate (GPD) AFG program staff at 1-866-274-0960 or e-mail at firegrants@fema.dhs.gov.



Help

The Help Desk is Available to Answer Your Questions

The AFG Program has positioned technical assistance staff in 10 federal regional centers. These Regional Fire Program Specialists can respond to questions on the implementation of the AFG program and carry out grant monitoring activities.Contact the AFG Program Help Desk with questions or comments by calling 1-866-274- 0960 or email at firegrants@dhs.gov.


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Last Updated: 
11/28/2012 - 16:12
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