ANNOUNCEMENT
2009 Assistance to Firefighter
Grants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday released
formal guidance for the FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters
Grants Program (AFG). The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), which manages the program, will begin to take applications
on April 15, 2009, with a final deadline of 5:00pm EDT on
May 20, 2009. As previously announced by the GAC, FEMA is
including in its guidance an emphasis on "procurement
integrity" rules, which grantees must follow when making
purchases using federal grant funds. The GAC has been actively
engaged with FEMA on these issues for the past few months.
The
formal AFG program guidance can be found at
http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2009AFGguidance.pdf
Other AFG program information can be accessed at
http://www.firegrantsupport.com/afg
Please
direct questions to the GAC at info@fama.org
or info@femsa.org.
You may also contact the Assistance to Firefighters Grants
Program at DHS at 1.866.274.0960 or firegrants@dhs.gov.
Karen
H. Burnham, Executive Assistant to the Boards
FAMA and FEMSA
P.O. Box 397, Lynnfield, MA 01940-0397
Tel/Fax: (781) 334-2911, Cell: (617) 771-5407
Web Site: www.fama.org
- www.femsa.org
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