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.

FY21 SAFER Funding

As of September 21, 2022, FEMA has made 118 awards totaling $360 million. See all awards.

Applying

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

Get Tools and Resources

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 Trier par ordre croissant
Nolensville, Town of	TN	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,153,464	9/21/22
City of Yuba City	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,199,700	9/21/22
Frederick, County of	MD	Hiring of Firefighters	$8,565,688	9/21/22
Celina, City of	TX	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,656,691	9/21/22
Delaware Volunteer Firefighter's Association	DE	Recruitment and Retention	$1,251,550	9/21/22
Minneapolis, City of	MN	Hiring of Firefighters	$4,575,098	9/21/22
Spokane, County of	WA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,003,641	9/21/22
Winter Haven, City of	FL	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,193,948	9/21/22
Englewood, City of	NJ	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,794,416	9/21/22
North Liberty, City of	IA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,013,539	9/21/22
City of Troy	NY	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,688,160	9/21/22
City of Peoria	IL	Hiring of Firefighters	$4,091,208	9/21/22
Fairfield, City of	OH	Hiring of Firefighters	$3,410,025	9/21/22
Phoenix, City of	AZ	Hiring of Firefighters	$10,984,800	9/21/22
Wichita, City of (Inc)	KS	Hiring of Firefighters	$10,273,326	9/21/22
Mogadore, Village of	OH	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,301,956	9/21/22
County of Contra Costa	CA	Hiring of Firefighters	$7,548,362	9/21/22
Town of Westminster Town Hall	MA	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,037,975	9/21/22
City of Myrtle Beach	SC	Hiring of Firefighters	$2,704,872	9/21/22
City of College Station	TX	Hiring of Firefighters	$1,942,269	9/21/22

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