FireRescue1 Grant Center
FireRescue1’s Firefighting Grants topic section is an online resource page designed to keep Fire departments informed of the availability of grants that can be used to fund projects, product purchases and programs to help keep their community safe.
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The Vermont senator met with fire and EMS members in January to hear their concerns brought on by the pandemic
“Grant funding like this — particularly from the state — is needed to keep current with equipment,” said Gardner Fire Chief Greg Lagoy
The application periods for AFG, SAFER and FP&S grants close soon
Nearly every fire department in the Commonwealth was awarded a grant to purchase equipment ranging from coats and helmets to TICs and hoses
With the purchase, the city’s paid and volunteer FDs will all be on the same mobile communications system and able to communicate with mutual-aid units
As part of the First Responder Training and Recruitment Grant Program, each municipality and fire district is eligible to receive a grant of up to $100,000
$560 million is available for fire department hiring activities, plus recruitment and retention – a funding level not seen in over a decade
Hillsdale, Litchfield and Jonesville departments will split a 5% match required in the grant, costing each of them around $7,000
The funding will extend the scope of the FOCUS survey, a fire service-specific safety culture assessment tool
FEMA has made significant updates to criteria and priorities for PPE and other key categories