Fire Grants News and Articles

• Lawmaker calls for matching fund waiver for first responders during and after COVID-19

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  Congresswoman Robin Kelly is calling for a matching fund waiver for grants related to pandemic response and mental health

• CARES Act and grant funding: How it will benefit local fire and EMS response

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  The Act provides $150 billion for a Coronavirus Relief Fund to make payments to local governments

• IAFC details how COVID-19-driven stimulus bill impacts fire service

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  The stimulus bill identifies the funding streams used to reimburse fire and EMS departments for operational costs during national emergency

• USFA issues guidance for COVID-19 cost recovery

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  The U.S. Fire Administration outlined how agencies can take advantage of FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program

• COVID-19 funding to help agencies continue to serve

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  Detailing grant options and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act aimed at relieving financial burdens on communities

• Conducting a grant-writing debriefing for future application success

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  Following a grant application submission, hold a formal debrief on the process to consider how your team can improve future efforts

• Ohio agency doubling full-time firefighter-paramedics through SAFER grant

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  The $1 million grant will enable the agency to increase from six to 12 full-time firefighter-medics and rely less on volunteers

• Fire department in Calif. awarded nearly $1M for paramedic training

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  The Stockton Fire Department plans to train more of its firefighters as paramedics through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant

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