Explore the resources below to identify federal grants and other innovative alternatives that can help provide funds for expenses such as the equipment, apparatus, training and salaries necessary to protect and serve communities.
Under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) grants programs, career and volunteer fire departments and other eligible organizations can receive funding through three different grants to:
For more information, including eligibility criteria and application deadlines, select one of the grants below.
Watch this short video to learn how the Warwick (Rhode Island) Fire Department benefitted from a grant award under the AFG grants program.
Download this free report to learn about recommendations for various FEMA grant programs to improve community wildfire mitigation and increase resilience to wildfire.
Critical Success Factor – FEMA Grants: Final Report and Action Plan PDF 619 KBHighlights the pros and cons of funding sources being used by fire agencies throughout the nation. Includes financing alternatives for all types of fire and EMS departments.
Download the funding alternatives guide PDF 3.7 MBIf your fire department recently responded to a fire on federal property, it may be eligible to file a claim under the Reimbursement for Costs of Firefighting on Federal Property Program.
How to file a claimGrants.gov
Grants.gov is your place to FIND and APPLY for federal grants. Here you'll find more than 1,000 different grant programs across all 26 federal grant-making agencies awarding more than $100 billion annually. Search for funding opportunities on Grants.gov.
