The City of Modesto was awarded a $5,149,721.97 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on March 2, 2025. The SAFER Grant Program (CFDA 97.083) provides financial assistance to local fire departments to enhance their emergency response capabilities, with a focus on hiring new firefighters and supporting the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. The objective of the grant is to ensure communities have...
The City of Stockton Fire Department was awarded a $4.81 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The goal of the three-year project grant is to assist the fire department with staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure the community has adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. The SAFER grant program aims to support local fire departments'...
The City of Stockton Fire Department Division, doing business as the Stockton Fire Department, was awarded a $4,299,722.07 Project Grant on September 15, 2023 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083). This funding supports the Stockton Fire Department's efforts to enhance staffing levels, improve response capabilities, and acquire equipment and resources to effectively protect the community of over...
The City of Merced received a $8,903,616 Project Grant award on September 15, 2023 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083). This grant funding will enable the city to enhance its firefighting and emergency response capabilities by supporting the hiring of new firefighters or the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. The SAFER Grant Program aims to ensure communities have...
The Lathrop-Manteca Fire District was awarded a $2,402,572.34 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The goal of the SAFER Grant Program, as indicated by its CFDA number 97.083, is to help local fire departments improve staffing and deployment capabilities in order to more effectively respond to emergencies and ensure communities have adequate protection from fire and other hazards....
The County of Tuolumne received a $17.9 million project grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The goal of the SAFER grant is to help local fire departments improve staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies and ensuring adequate fire and hazard protection for communities. Funds will support the County's fire department staffing and deployment operations from March 2023...
The City of Vallejo Fire Department was awarded a $6,033,718.89 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The goal of the SAFER Grant Program is to help local fire departments improve staffing and deployment capabilities in order to respond effectively to emergencies. Funds will support the Vallejo Fire Department's staffing efforts from February 2022 through February 2025. The SAFER...
The City of Fresno Fire Department was awarded a $14.69 million project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The goal of the three-year grant project is to support the Fire Department's staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies and ensuring adequate fire and hazard protection for communities through August 2026. The SAFER grant program, identified by CFDA #97.083, aims to...
The City of Fresno Fire Department was awarded a $12.6 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program. The goal of the three-year SAFER Grant is to support the Fire Department's staffing and deployment capabilities to respond effectively to emergencies and ensure the community has adequate fire and fire-related hazard protection. The CFDA 97.083 SAFER Program aims to help local fire...
The County of Merced received a $378,200 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies from June 2023 to June 2027. The SAFER grant program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as CFDA #97.083, aims to help local fire departments ensure communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards by assisting with...