97.044: Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Alternate Name: Fire Grants
Overview
Program Number
97.044
Status
Active
Last Modified
Aug. 26, 2022
Date Posted
Aug. 26, 2022
Objective
The purpose of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards by providing direct financial assistance to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA) for critically needed resources to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.
The purpose of the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards and support firefighter health and safety research and development by providing financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal and non-profit organizations such as academic (e.g., universities), public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions.
Type of Assistance
B - Project Grants
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants for the AFG program are limited to fire departments, nonaffiliated EMS organizations, and SFTAs operating in any of the 50 States plus the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico. A fire department is defined as an agency or organization that has a formally recognized arrangement with a State, territory, local, or tribal authority (city, county, parish, fire district, township, town, or other governing body) to provide fire suppression to a population within a fixed geographical area on a first-due basis. A nonaffiliated EMS organization is defined as a public or private nonprofit emergency medical services organization that provides direct emergency medical services, including medical transport, to a specific geographic area on a first-due basis but is not affiliated with a hospital and does not serve a geographic area where emergency medical services are adequately provided by a fire department. A “State Fire Training Academy” is defined as the primary state fire training academy, agency, or institution, for each state; which provides “entity-wide” delivery of fire training (and EMS training if applicable) as specified by legislative authorization, by general statutory authorization or charter, or is ad-hoc in nature with the general acceptance of the fire service.
Beneficiary Eligibility
The ultimate beneficiaries of this program are the local or tribal communities serviced by the applicants, including, but not limited to, local businesses, homeowners and property owners. Additionally, children under 16 years of age, senior citizens, and firefighters would be the beneficiaries since these groups are the targeted risk groups for the fire prevention program.
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