Fire Grants News and Articles

• $2.2M grant helps Pa. firefighter recruitment campaign exceed goal

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  21 volunteer fire departments in the Capital Region Firefighter Recruitment Campaign are aiming to recruit 200 firefighters by 2025

• Maine fire chief resigns over town politics, including plan to halt FD growth

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  As chief, Troy Cailler hired Sabattus' first full-time firefighters, used grants to buy new equipment and secured funds for a new station

• Senate passes Fire Grants and Safety Act, bill moves to House

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  Urgency drives Congress to act before program expires

• Senate passes bill to reauthorize federal fire grants for 7 years

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  The House will next consider the legislation that also would allot $95M a year to the U.S. Fire Administration

• FEMA to hold ‘listening sessions’ about fire grants application process

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  The agency is looking for feedback about SAM.gov, NFIRS, FEMA GO and other Assistance to Firefighters Grants program application issues

• Ohio fire department receives $1M in AFG money for new ladder truck

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  Ashtabula received the third-largest grant nationwide and the maximum award for a municipality of its size

• Biden backs Schumer's push to renew federal firefighter grants

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  The bill would renew the Assistance to Firefighters and SAFER grant programs and reauthorize and increase funding for the U.S. Fire Administration

• Understanding the DHS Civil Rights Evaluation Tool

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  Detailing the data collection and technical assistance tool that recipients of federal funding from DHS are now required to complete

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