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Fiscal Year 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program

ID: DHS-24-GPD-083-00-99 • Type: Posted

Description

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two activities:

1. Hiring of Firefighters

2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters

The authority for SAFER is derived from Section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-498, as amended) (15 U.S.C. 2229a).

The notice of funding opportunity document provides potential applicants with the details of the requirements, processing, and evaluation of an application for financial assistance for both of these activity areas.

Applicants can submit applications for this funding opportunity through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO). Access the system at https://go.fema.gov/

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Overview

Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [DHS]
Category of Funding
Agriculture
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Funding Instruments
Other
Grant Program (CFDA)
97.083 - Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
Grants.gov
On 5/20/25 Federal Emergency Management Agency posted grant opportunity DHS-24-GPD-083-00-99 for Fiscal Year 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program with funding of $324.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 97.083 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER).

Timing

Posted Date
May 20, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 3, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Due in 38 Days
Last Updated
May 20, 2025, 2:35 p.m. EDT
Version
1
Archive Date
Aug. 2, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
City or township governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
County governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
Fire Departments, National, state, local, or federally recognized tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters

Award Sizing

Ceiling
Not Listed
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$324,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Vani Neelakantan Grantor
Contact Email
femago@fema.dhs.gov
Contact Phone
(877) 585-3242
Additional Information
Notice of Funding Opportunity
Additional Information Site
https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/firefighters/safer/documents

Documents

Posted documents for DHS-24-GPD-083-00-99

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