ANNOUNCEMENT
2009 Assistance to Firefighter Grants
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 plus information on the new SCG Grant.
Stimulus
Package
As many of you are aware, the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (Public Law 111-5) provided FEMA with $510 million dollars
in grant funds for the following programs:
• $150M
for the Port Security Grant Program;
• $150M
for the Transit Security Grant Program; and
• $210M
for Fire Station Construction
The Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) of FEMA, which includes
the AFG Program Office, has been working closely with a
number of stakeholders over the last six weeks to solicit
input on how these programs should look. We are very appreciative
of all of the good information we've received from a number
of constituencies. We have developed draft guidance, which
is currently going through leadership review. At present,
we plan on announcing these three guidance packages in late
May. We will ensure that notification is issued when the
Fire Station Construction application becomes available.
Assisstance
with your FIRE ACT, FIRE PREVENTION
or SAFER GRANTS
If you feel that you will need assistance filling
out any grant forms, there is a resource for you. Departments
can participate in three grant requests this year.
Emergency Services Traning & Consulting, Inc. is
available to all Fire Departments in need of Grant Assistance.
Click
here
for details
Writing
your own FIRE ACT, PREVENTION
or SAFER GRANTS
If you plan to write your
own grants, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
has provided a Guidance and Application Kit (in PDF format).
Click
here
to view
Click
here for more Grant Information
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Literature
Please note: Some of the links go to files
that are in a PDF format. If
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