Grants and Assistance Programs for Emergency Personnel
Catalog of Federal Disaster Assistance (CFDA) numbers are provided to help you find additional information on the CFDA website.- Assistance to Firefighters Grant (Source: U.S. Fire Administration)
(CDFA Number: 97.044)
Provides assistance to local fire departments to protect citizens and firefighters against the effects of fire and fire-related incidents.
(Fire departments and other first responders)
- Competitive Training Grants Program (CTGP)
Provides funding for training initiatives that further the Department of Homeland Security's mission to prepare the nation to prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism.
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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(CDFA Numbers: 97.02, 97.021)
Supports programs designed to improve capabilities associated with oil and hazardous materials emergency planning and exercising.
(States, localities and tribal governments, U.S. territories, state emergency response committee’s (SERCs) and LEPCs)
- Emergency Management Institute
(CDFA Numbers: 97.026, 97.027, 97.28)
Provides training and education to the fire service, its allied professions, emergency management officials, and the general public.
(Fire departments, other first responders, emergency management officials and individuals)
- Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
(CDFA Number: 97.042)
Provides assistance for the development, maintenance, and improvement of state and local emergency management capabilities.
(States and U.S. territories via the State Administrative Agency (SAA))
- Fire Management Assistance Grant Program
(CDFA Number: 97.046)
Assistance for the mitigation, management, and control of fires on publicly or privately owned forests or grasslands, which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.
(States and tribal governments)
- Homeland Security Grants Program (HSGP)
Comprised of five separate grant programs, the Homeland Security Grant Program is the primary funding mechanism for building and sustaining national preparedness capabilities.
- National Fire Academy Education and Training (Source: U.S. Fire Administration)
(CDFA Numbers: 97.018, 97.029)
Provides training to increase the professional level of the fire service and others responsible for fire prevention and control.
(Fire departments and firefighting personnel)
- National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System
(CDFA Number: 97.025)
Provides funding for the acquisition, maintenance, and storage of equipment, training, exercises, and training facilities to meet task force position criteria, and conduct and participate in meetings within the National US&R Response System.
(US&R task forces)
- Reimbursement for Firefighting on Federal Property (Source: U.S. Fire Administration)
(CDFA Number: 97.016)
Provides reimbursement only for direct costs and losses over and above normal operating costs.
(States, localities, tribal governments and fire departments)
- State Fire Training System Grants (Source: U.S. Fire Administration)
(CDFA Number: 97.043)
Provide financial assistance to State Fire Training Systems for the delivery of a variety of National Fire Academy (NFA) courses/programs.
(State Fire Training Systems)
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Provides funding for training in emergency planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities associated with hazardous chemicals.
(Public officials, fire and police personnel, medical personnel, first responders, and other tribal response and planning personnel)
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