$27.5
Million Available In The Special Fire Prevention Grant program - Opens
Sept 1st 2004
AFGP
Fire Prevention & Safety Grants
Homeland Security Announces Opening of Application Period for 2004 Fire
Prevention and Safety Grants
Department Will Award $27.5 Million
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
August 6, 2004
WASHINGTON D.C.- C. Suzanne Mencer, Executive Director of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security's Office of State and Local Government
Coordination & Preparedness (SLGCP), announced today the
application period for the 2004 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants is
planned for September 1 through September 30.
"Each year in the United States, thousands of people are killed and
thousands more are injured in fires, many of which are preventable,"
Mencer said. "These Fire Prevention and Safety Grants help firefighters
throughout the country provide critical fire safety education and
conduct other activities to protect children, families, and communities
from fires and other hazards. President Bush and Secretary Ridge are
committed to continued support for these important grants."
"For every fire prevented, we know citizens and the firefighters who
must respond throughout the country, are spared the destruction of
fire," said R. David Paulison, Administrator of the United States Fire
Administration. "Since the first year of these grants, the creativity
and impact of fire organizations and personnel committed to the
prevention of fire have reduced the number of Americans facing the
tragic results of fire."
The Fire Prevention and Safety Grants fund projects related
specifically to fire prevention. Fire departments as well as national,
regional, state or local organizations with expertise in fire
prevention are eligible to apply for these grants. Applications can be
submitted online at https://portal.fema.gov.
This program is part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
that will award over $700 million to firefighters this year to help
local fire departments purchase equipment, fund health and safety
programs, enhance emergency medical services programs, and conduct fire
education and prevention programs.
Information on the 2004 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants is available
at http://www.firegrantsupport.com. In addition, applicants can contact
the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program staff via phone or email,
(866) 274-0960 or firegrants@dhs.gov, with questions.
Program Guidance document should be available by late August.
Start
Preparing Now For The 2004 AFGP Fire Prevention & Safety Grants
2004
AFGP Fire Prevention & Safety Grants
Those of you that are waiting for the release of the application
process for the Special Fire Prevention Grant program; it looks like a
possible September application period. There are minor changes so if
you are interested you could review last years program guidance and get
a head start on the process.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/grants/safetygrant/03-prev-grants.shtm