Opportunity ID: 41801
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | DHS-08-GPD-083-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY 2008 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Hiring of firefighters and/or recruitment and retention activities for volunteer firefighters.
Homeland Security – Preparedness |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 400 |
| Assistance Listings: | 97.083 — Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 27, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 27, 2008 Applicants are advised to carefully review the submission requirements and program priorities contained in the FY 2008 SAFER Program Guidance. The Program Guidance is accessible at grant program’s official Website at www.firegrantsupport.com.
The SAFER application is not available via Grants.gov. However, the application may be accessed via the above referenced Website. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 27, 2008 Applicants are advised to carefully review the submission requirements and program priorities contained in the FY 2008 SAFER Program Guidance. The Program Guidance is accessible at grant program’s official Website at www.firegrantsupport.com.
The SAFER application is not available via Grants.gov. However, the application may be accessed via the above referenced Website. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 27, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $190,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $108,830 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Volunteer, career, and combination fire departments are eligible to apply under the Hiring of Firefighters Activity. Municipalities and fire districts may submit applications on behalf of fire departments that lack the legal status to do so, such as departments under the auspices of the municipality or district. Each eligible applicant is limited to one application per application period.
Eligibility for this activity is limited to volunteer and combination fire departments (see “SAFER Grants Definitions”). Statewide or local organizations that represent the interests of volunteer firefighters and individual fire departments (volunteer or combination) may apply for assistance for regional projects. An individual fire department may act as a “host applicant” and apply for regional projects on behalf of itself and any number of neighboring fire departments. For example, a host applicant could apply for a regional media campaign promoting volunteerism. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Homeland Security – FEMA |
| Description: | The SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grants are awarded under a competitive process and managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agencys Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program Office. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase their cadre of frontline firefighters. The goal is to assist the local fire departments staffing and deployment capabilities, in order to respond to emergencies whenever they occur, assuring that their communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. The SAFER grants have two activities that will help grantees in this endeavor: (1) hiring of firefighters and (2) recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
(1) The Hiring of Firefighters Activity involves a grant with a five-year period of performance that provides fire departments with funding to pay a portion of the salaries and benefits of newly hired firefighters. These grants are awarded directly to volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to help the departments increase their number of frontline firefighters. Having more firefighters on staff should enhance the local fire departments abilities to comply with staffing, response, and operational standards established by NFPA and OSHA. (2) Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters Activity involves grants is to assist fire departments with the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. The grants are intended to create a net increase in the number of trained, certified, and competent firefighters capable of safely responding to emergencies likely to occur within the grantees geographic response area. The primary focus of this activity is the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters who are involved with, or trained in, the operations of firefighting and emergency response. Applicants are allowed to submit only one application during this application period and may include either one or both activities. |
| Link to Additional Information: | www.firegrantsupport.com |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency Grant Program Directorate (GPD) 500 C St SW Washington, DC 20472 Tel: 1-866-274-0960 Email:firegrants@dhs.gov |
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