The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for its Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants.
Donor Name: Department of Homeland Security
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/12/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The FP&S Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal, and non-profit organizations such as academic (e.g. universities), research foundations, public safety institutes, public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions for fire prevention programs and firefighter health and safety research and development such as clinical studies that address behavioral, social science, and cultural research.
The funding categories for FP&S are:
- Community Risk Reduction;
- Wildfire Risk Reduction;
- Code Enforcement/Awareness;
- Fire & Arson Investigation; and
- National/State/Regional Programs and Projects.
The objectives of the FP&S Program are to:
- Provide critically needed resources to support the reduction in residential fire risk, including access to smoke alarm installations and fire prevention education and training;
- Ensure that lives, property, and natural resources are protected from fire in the wildland urban interface (WUI) through increased community education and awareness programs;
- Provide support for the adoption and awareness of building codes;
- Assist recipients to aggressively investigate every fire through increased equipment, training, and personnel resources;
- Disseminate information on a national level to positively change firefighter safety, health, and well-being behaviors and decision-making; and
- Reduce firefighter line-of-duty fatalities and injuries through research to improve firefighter safety, health, or well-being
Funding Information - Available Funding for the NOFO: $36 million
- Maximum Award Amount: $1,500,000
- Period of Performance: 12-36 months
Eligibility Criteria
FP&S Activity
Fire departments operating in any of the 50 states, as well as fire departments in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico2 , or any federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization. A fire department is an agency or organization having a formally recognized arrangement with a state, local, tribal, or territorial authority (city, county, parish, fire district, township, town, or other governing body) to provide fire suppression to a population within a geographically fixed primary first due response area. National, regional, state, local, tribal, and nonprofit interest organizations that are recognized for their experience and expertise in fire prevention and safety programs and activities are eligible applicants.
FP&S Activity
National, state, local, federally recognized tribal, and non-profit organizations, such as academic (e.g., universities), research foundations, public safety institutes, public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
