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.
Grant funding helped several fire departments replace old, outdated and missing gear for volunteer fire departments
82% of U.S. fire departments are all or mostly volunteer and, often, their funding depends on people stepping up to help
Grant funds are the lifeline of the volunteer fire service so we must set ourselves up for success in the application process
One department received $114,000; the other received $227,000
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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
In addition to the half-million dollar grant for training, the department has a $110,000 grant for new radios
The $160,000 grant will be used to buy 30 new SCBA sets
The new unit includes a ramp and pulley system, and a cot that can hold up to 1,600 pounds
The program now let’s departments borrow $350,000 and don’t charge interest; that’s $100,000 more than previously
Valley Regional Fire and Rescue received $228,637 and Nesquehoning Hose Company No. 1 received $237,500
Grants that fund solution-based programs that solve community problems are here to stay, so now is the time flesh out your big idea
The city’s fire department received a $2,486 public safety grant that will help purchase backboards, bandages, gauze and other daily use items
The firefighters said the city is violating state law that allows for layoffs only if the city can demonstrate a lack of work or a lack of funds
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