General Frequently Asked Questions

Topics Covered:

• User ID/Password Questions
• Changing Contact Information
• Letters of Support
• DUNS Number
• Additional FAQ’s

Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG)

• FY 2013 AFG Workshop/Webinar Schedule - COMING SOON
• FY 2012 AFG FAQs
• FY 2012 AFG Workshop Presentation
• FY 2011 AFG Application Tutorial
   

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER)

• FY 2012 SAFER FAQs
• FY 2011 SAFER Application Tutorial
• SAFER Videos

Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Grants

• FY 2012 FP&S FAQs
  • Download PDF/Text
  • View Online
• FY 2011 FP&S FAQs
• FP&S Videos
   

Environmental Historic Preservation

Environmental Historic Preservation (EHP) Screening Form

• This form is designed to initiate and facilitate the environmental and historic preservation (EHP) compliance review for your FEMA preparedness grant-funded project(s). FEMA conducts its EHP compliance reviews in accordance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other EHP-related laws and executive orders.Learn more
• There is no need to complete and submit this form if the grant scope is limited to planning, management and administration, classroom-based training, tabletop exercises and functional exercises, or purchase of mobile and portable equipment where no installation is needed. 
• Information Bulletin 345, Grant Programs Directorate Programmatic Environmental Assessment, September 1, 2010, provides details on these activities please visit http://www.fema.gov/grants/grant-programs-directorate-information-bulletins

Application Assistance

• System for Award Management (SAM)
  Registration is required to receive grants
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• Writing a Good Narrative
   

Grants Management Assistance

• SF-425 Federal Financial Report Filing Instructions
• Closeout Tutorial
• Excess Funds Worksheet For Grantees (PDF 181 KB, TXT 5.13 KB)
• Return of Funds to FEMA Form
  
  All AFG grantees must return any grant funds left unused (plus interest earned on federal funds) to FEMA. To return leftover grant funds, grantees must complete and attach the “Return of Funds to FEMA” Form with any remittance.  Unused grant funds can occur when:
  • A balance of grant funds exists after all submitted payment requests have been processed
  • A balance of grant funds exists because some grant funds were not requested prior to the end of the grantee’s Period of Performance. 
  To return grant funds that remain in the organization’s bank account after all expenses have been paid, grantees must complete and submit the “Return of Funds to FEMA Form" with a refund check.

Alternate Grant Funding Sources

• U.S. Fire Administration Funding Alternatives for Emergency Medical and Fire Services

Other

• Glossary of Terms
• 2010 NFPA Fire Service Needs Assessment