Fire Grants News and Articles

• Congressman Peter King named CFSI’s 2020 Legislator of the Year

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  King was selected for his work on the front lines of many legislative efforts in support of America’s firefighters and EMS personnel

• Texas VFD transforms military truck into firefighting vehicle

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  The department was able to renovate the truck through a $16,300 grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service

• The email of doom: Deciphering your AFG grant application rejection notice

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  How to determine how far your application proceeded in the process so you can improve future applications

• Lawmakers propose bill to expand use of COVID-19 relief funds

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  The bill would extend the deadline to spend CARES Act funds by one year and allow non-profit emergency service agencies to use relief funds to replace lost income

• Make history: Your actions, every day, write the fire service story

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  Remember, 20 years from now, future firefighters will want to know what 2020 was like

• AFG 2020: PPE Project Guide (eBook)

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  Download this free guide to learn everything you need to know about applying for AFG funding to purchase turnout gear, SCBA and other personal protective equipment

• What a Biden presidency might mean for fire and EMS funding

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  Looking to history – and a friendship between key players – to determine if increased funding opportunities are on the horizon

• Rutgers awarded $1.5M grant to fund volunteer FF cancer research, prevention

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  Funds will be used for ongoing research to determine how to better protect volunteer firefighters from cancer-causing agents

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