Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response (SAFER)

The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities.

The goal of SAFER is to enhance the local fire departments' abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the NFPA (NFPA 1710 and/or NFPA 1720). For details, review the National Fire Protection Association's codes and standards.

Applying

Submit, approve and manage FEMA grants on our platform, FEMA GO, or view our FEMA GO user guides to learn more.

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Awards

SAFER Guidance and Documents

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Rules and Tools

Connect With Us

Contact the AFG Program Help Desk toll-free at 866-274-0960 or send an email to firegrants@fema.dhs.gov.

Fire Program Specialists in FEMA’s regions respond to questions about the program and conduct grant monitoring activities. View regional contacts.

Awards

Use the table below to search for awards by organization or program name, sort by state or filter by year.

Organization	State	Program	Award Amount	Award Date Sort ascending
International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc.	VA	Recruitment and Retention	$2,572,242	9/23/20
Pine Hill Fire Department	NJ	Hiring of Firefighters	$347,550	9/16/20
Lake, County of	FL	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,765,335	9/14/20
Fayetteville, City of	NC	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,882,466	9/14/20
Warren, County of	VA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,216,724	9/14/20
Village Center Community Development District	FL	Hiring of Firefighters	$6,521,958	9/14/20
County of Bernalillo	NM	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,491,893	9/14/20
Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority	WA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,543,104	9/14/20
Bryan, County of	GA	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,308,435	9/14/20
Rombout Fire District	NY	Recruitment and Retention	$52,875	9/14/20
Valparaiso, City of	IN	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,183,650	9/14/20
Marion, County of	OH	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,389,527	9/14/20
Avra Valley Fire District	AZ	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,463,240	9/14/20
Shreveport, City of	LA	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,458,575	9/14/20
Portsmouth, Town of	RI	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,240,760	9/14/20
Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,604,466	9/14/20
Board of Co Commissioners of Washington County Maryland	MD	Hiring of Firefighters	$8,080,776	9/14/20
Rockwall, City of	TX	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,041,614	9/14/20
Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Association, Inc.	CA	Recruitment and Retention	$649,800	9/14/20
Hillsboro Fire Protection District	MO	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,011,600	9/14/20