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FireRescue1’s Fire Grants section provides a comprehensive database of grants, news, information and resources to help firefighters identify and secure available grant funding.


The St. Joseph Fire Department will use the money to maintain and improve their ISO rating by replacing a reserve rescue
This year’s grant program is focused on three activity areas: operations and safety, vehicle acquisition and regional projects
Submit the strongest possible application for help with lifesaving equipment
Along with county funding the $13.5 million facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2016
Part of the funds will cover a mobile training unit equipped with materials to simulate a burning building
The mayor wants to eliminate 15 firefighter positions it added four years ago with a SAFER grant
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation donated four cameras worth about $37,000
The $50,000 AFG grant will pay for exhaust-removal systems at two of the department’s stations
The $58,249 will help fun equipment, gear, vehicles, training and more to firefighters and EMS providers
The grant money aims to help EMS providers to come together and provide better structure to the system in York County, Pa.
With no decision date in sight, the council doesn’t know how much money is needed to bridge the gap
One department received $114,000; the other received $227,000
Grant rejection letters are never easy to take; here’s a deeper look at the three types of letters and why they are sent
The fire department will have to come up with $4,500 in matching funds, but Chief Michael Reddy calls that a bargain
The grant will pay the firefighters’ salaries and benefits for two years for rookies and three years for the three veterans
The tax would pay for firefighters after the SAFER grant used to hire them expires
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers EMS funding for data-driven initiatives focused on motor vehicle and public safety
The updated equipment was paid for by a Bureau of Worker’s Compensation grant
They turned an old building into a state-of-the-art ambulance center through a nonprofit school that helps former high school dropouts learn a trade
With the grant-funded positions, there are a total of 24 firefighters in the department
The SAFER grant fund has about $719,000 left after the city was given $1.9 million in 2011
The grant money will buy an SCBA fill station, hoses, thermal imagers and flashlights
Fifteen positions will be cut — 11 layoffs and four unfilled retirements — if a deal is not reached before Aug. 16
The Tri-Town Ambulance and Emergency Rescue Service has been awarded a $3,000 grant and a $17,000 loan from the USDA Rural Development’s Community Facility Loan
The blunder in D.C. was set right by firefighters exercising their political clout; something we should do for grant funding
The $6,000 grant will pay to repaint the volunteer department’s station and repave its driveway
Goshen Township Fire and EMS was awarded $23,750 in funding
The EMS squad was given $130,500 to purchase a vehicle
A project fueled by passion, bought into and has all its T’s crossed is more likely to be successful
The department received 118 sets of ballistic protection gear for use in active-shooter situations and mass-casualty incidents