Staffing Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program

The summary for the Staffing Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Staffing Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Homeland Security
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	The purpose of the SAFER Grant Program is to award grants directly to volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to help the departments increase their cadre of firefighters with a goal of ultimately attaining 24-hour staffing and assuring t
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DHS-GRANTS-052505-001
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 01, 2005
	Creation Date:	Jun 01, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 28, 2005 Applications for SAFER grants will be accepted from May 31, 2005, to June 28, 2005. Monitor the ODP and USFA websites for up-to-date information on the dates of the application period. Completed applications must be submitted electronically or otherwise received by the grants program office on or before the close of business (5 p.m. EDT) on the last day of the application period, June 28, 2005. No late, incomplete, or faxed applications will be accepted. No electronically submitted applications other than those submitted online via the automated grant application system will be accepted. If you do not have access to the Internet, contact us directly (1-866-274-0960) to request a paper copy of the application via mail. We will not send the paper applications to you via overnight delivery, nor by fax or e-mail. The only legitimate paper application is the application that the grants program office sends youdo not use any paper application that you did not receive directly from the SAFER grants program office. Do not print the screens from the online application and submit them as your application. Any paper application that is not in the correct format will be deemed ineligible.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jul 28, 2005
	Expected Number of Awards:	200
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$65,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants: Volunteer Fire Departments, Career Fire Departments, Combination Fire Departments Volunteer Fire Department: An agency or organization in which no member receives financial compensation for their services other than life and health insurance and workers compensation insurance. We consider a department to be mostly volunteer if 51 percent or more of its membership is made up of personnel who do not receive financial compensation for their services. Career Fire Department: An agency or organization in which all members receive financial compensation for their services. Combination Fire Department: An agency or organization in which at least one member receives financial compensation for their services and/or at least one member does not receive financial compensation for their services, other than life and health insurance and workers compensation insurance or a stipend payment such as paid-on-call. Local and Statewide organizations that represent the interests of Volunteer Firefighters.
Grant Description: The purpose of the SAFER Grant Program is to award grants directly to volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to help the departments increase their cadre of firefighters with a goal of ultimately attaining 24-hour staffing and assuring the community has adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. The SAFER Grant Program is divided into two activities: 1) hiring of firefighters and 2) recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. The Hiring of Firefighters Activity involves a five-year grant to assist fire departments pay a portion of the salaries of newly hired firefighters. Volunteer, combination, and non-profit career fire departments are all eligible to apply for assistance in hiring new firefighters. These grants require the awardee to match an increasing proportion of the salary over a four-year period; in the fifth year of the grant, the awardee must absorb the entire cost of any positions awarded as a result of the grant. The Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters Activity provides assistance to awardees for periods of up to four years. The purpose of these grants is to assist with the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. Volunteer departments, combination departments and local or statewide organizations that represent the interests of volunteer firefighters are eligible to apply for assistance under this activity. Please see the full announcement for more details.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.firegrantsupport.com http://www.firegrantsupport.com
Grant Announcement Contact: Gaines , Glenn , Program Specialist , Phone 1-866-274-0960, Fax 1-866-274-0942, Email firegrants@dhs.gov firegrants@dhs.gov Gaines , Glenn