Fire Grants
FireRescue1’s Fire Grants section provides a comprehensive database of grants, news, information and resources to help firefighters identify and secure available grant funding.
Cape Ann fire departments received thousands in state grants as part of a $1.63 million effort to boost firefighter safety and prevention programs
With newly licensed paramedics, the Spring Lake Fire Department is one of only three departments in the county to offer ALS
With a new state-funded drone, Salisbury firefighters are adding eyes in the sky to boost search-and-rescue missions, monitor brush fires, and assist with water rescues
Fire departments can use the program’s money for terrorism response training
Learn how grant funding can help meet the challenge every EMS agency is facing
A $250,000 Community Development Block Grant allowed the purchase of a new ambulance
Howard County’s West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department and Lisbon Volunteer Fire Co. received a combined total of $10,000 in grant funding
The funds will allow the purchase of 12 new cardiac monitors
The funds will be used to purchase 394 LUCAS chest compression systems for ambulances and 80 for hospitals
The volunteer squad will use the money to update six ambulances with automatic loading cot systems that can hold 700-pound patients
The grant will help pay for a project to link people who struggle with addiction to addiction treatment services
The $157,970 grant will allow the Crawfordsville Fire Department the chance to get the state’s Community Paramedic Pilot Program off the ground
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Funding a grant application is an investment that grant-makers seek to maximize the benefit to the agency and the community
Fire and police departments from forty communities will share $700,000 in grants to purchase, carry and administer naloxone
Twelve organizations will receive funding to improve their recruitment and retention efforts
The grant will be used to conduct a needs assessment to determine possible solutions for sustaining emergency medical services in the community
A total of $10 million was divided among 57 counties to improve 911 response and emergency dispatching
Some of the upgrades include a new thermal imager, extrication hoses, ventilation saw, pry bar, axes and a 2.5-inch 1000 GPM nozzle
The city was also awarded a $20,000 grant earlier this year to buy a Polaris all-terrain vehicle that could be used in rough terrain rescues
The $55,000 grant will help crews check people’s homes to see if they need smoke detectors in case their home should have a fire
They were awarded $267,500 for the purchase of a new pumper truck, which brings the county to a total of seven trucks
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Before starting your application read these important changes related to equipment funding, position titles and regional applications
The six-week AFG period overlapping with the holidays makes it all the more important to have the application done right
The application period will open Dec. 7 and close Jan. 15, 2016
FEMA gave the University of Arizona $1.5 million to learn the relationship between cancer and the chemicals firefighters are exposed to
The Newton Fire Department received $200,000 for a new pumper/tanker and used what was left for other city projects
A $50,000 grant will test 100 firefighters; priority will be given to those deployed on 9/11, the OKC bombing or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Sharing your grant success will further your standing in the community and boost your chances of more funding
The 2015 ECC and CPR guidelines provide an evidence-based foundation for requesting grants to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
Rather than wring your hands over when the AFG application period will open, take these steps to be ready when it does
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- Submit Your AFG Application Now: The FY 2013 Assistance To Firefighters Grants (AFG) Application Period Closes On Friday, December 6, 2013 at 5:00 P.M. EST
- Federal government shutdown has ended and AFG offices are now open
- FY 2013 Assistance To Firefighters Grants (AFG) Application Period Opens Monday, November 4, 2013
- The FY 2013 AFG Application Period Closes On December 6, Apply Now
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