Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program
The summary for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program: The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.
| Federal Grant Title: | Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA (DHS-DHS) |
| Grant Categories: | Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DHS-25-GPD-044-00-98 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 97.044 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | June 22nd, 2026 |
| Original Application Deadline: | June 22nd, 2026 |
| Posted Date: | May 18th, 2026 |
| Creation Date: | May 18th, 2026 |
| Archive Date: | July 22nd, 2026 |
| Total Program Funding: | $291,600,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $9,000,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1800 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
| Last Updated: | May 18th, 2026 |
- Category Explanation
- Firefighting equipment, personal protective equipment, training, and wellness.
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- County governments - City or township governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Fire Departments, State Fire Training Academies, Nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Services
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Notice of Funding Opportunity
- Grant Announcement Contact
- FEMA GO Help Desk
1-877-585-3242
[email protected]
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