Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants
The summary for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants 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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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters, rehire firefighters that have been laid off, retain firefighters facing imminent layoffs, or filling of positions that were vacated through attrition. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two categories: 1. Hiring of Firefighters 2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters The authority for SAFER is derived from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. §2229a et seq.). The notice of funding opportunity document provides potential applicants with the details of the requirements, processing, and evaluation of an application for financial assistance for both of these activity areas.
Federal Grant Title: | Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants |
Federal Agency Name: | Department of Homeland Security FEMA (DHS-DHS) |
Grant Categories: | Other |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | DHS-16-GPD-083-000-99 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 97.083 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | February 10th, 2017 |
Original Application Deadline: | February 10th, 2017 |
Posted Date: | January 3rd, 2017 |
Creation Date: | January 3rd, 2017 |
Archive Date: | March 12th, 2017 |
Total Program Funding: | $345,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 300 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
Last Updated: | January 3rd, 2017 |
- Category Explanation
- The hiring firefighters and the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- County governments - City or township governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Fire Departments National, state, local, or tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/127856
- Grant Announcement Contact
- SAFER Help Desk
(866) 274-0960
[email protected]
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