Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants

Background
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grants Programs Directorate is responsible for the implementation and administration of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Programs. The purpose of the AFG Program is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The Grants Programs Directorate administers the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grants as part of the AFG Program. FP&S offers grants to support activities in two categories: (1) activities designed to reach high-risk target groups and mitigate incidences of death and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards ('Fire Prevention and Safety Activity') and (2) research and development activities aimed at improving firefighter safety ('Firefighter Safety Research and Development Activity').

Grant Details
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal, and non-profit organizations for fire prevention programs and firefighter health and safety research and development. The funding categories for FP&S include Community Risk Reduction, Wildfire Risk Reduction, Code Enforcement/Awareness, Fire & Arson Investigation, and National/State/Regional Programs and Projects. The objectives of the FP&S Program are to provide resources for reducing residential fire risk, protecting lives from fires in the wildland urban interface, supporting building code adoption, investigating fires, disseminating information on firefighter safety, health, and well-being behaviors, and reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries through research.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants for FP&S Activity include fire departments operating in any of the 50 states, as well as fire departments in U.S. territories or any federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization. National, regional, state, local, tribal, and nonprofit interest organizations are also eligible applicants. For R&D Activity, national, state, local, federally recognized tribal, and non-profit organizations are eligible. Applicants must agree to maintain aggregate expenditures relating to allowable activities at not less than 80% of the average amount of such expenditures in the two fiscal years prior to receiving an FP&S Program grant.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for projects funded under the FP&S Activity is generally 12 months but may be up to 24 months for complex projects. For R&D Activity projects proposed under this activity will be 12, 24, 36 or 48 months from the date of award. Extensions to the period of performance are allowed.

Grant Value
$36 million is available for FY 2023 FP&S NOFO with a projected number of awards at 100. The maximum award amount is $1,500,000.