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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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 Trier par ordre croissant
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
San Francisco Fire Department	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$13,760,604	9/14/20
Frederick, County of	MD	Hiring of Firefighters	$5,581,395	9/14/20
Cleveland, City of	TX	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,348,163	9/14/20
West Palm Beach, City of	FL	Hiring of Firefighters	$8,007,597	9/14/20
Yadkinville Volunteer Fire Dept	NC	Recruitment and Retention	$309,084	9/14/20
Saratoga Springs, City of	UT	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,209,059	9/14/20
Putnam, County of	FL	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,358,553	9/14/20
Hudson, Town of	NH	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,098,456	9/14/20
Riverside Fire Authority	WA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,308,736	9/14/20
Dekalb, County of	GA	Hiring of Firefighters	$5,839,110	9/14/20
Bushnell's Basin Fire Association Inc	NY	Recruitment and Retention	$70,807	9/14/20
City of Tucson	AZ	Hiring of Firefighters	$5,409,480	9/14/20
Manteno, Village of	IL	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,080,000	9/14/20
Toledo Fire Prevention Bureau	OH	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,943,840	9/14/20
Fresno, County of (Inc)	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,132,324	9/14/20
Wyandotte County, Unified Government of	KS	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,096,738	9/14/20
Middletown, Town of	RI	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,761,288	9/14/20
Anaheim, City of	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$6,035,688	9/14/20