The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $3.15 million Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program) for the period of September 22, 2022 through September 21, 2025. The grant aims to enhance firefighter safety through research on compartment fire experiments and diagnostic techniques for toxic fire gases. Specifically, Worcester Polytechnic Institute will receive $XXX,XXX in sub-award funding to conduct...
The City of Austin Fire Department was awarded a $101,849.90 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA 97.044). The grant period runs from August 2, 2021 through August 1, 2023 and will support the delivery of fire and life safety services to enhance public safety. The goal of the AFG Program is to provide financial assistance directly to fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $3.15 million Project Grant to the University of Arizona through September 21, 2025 under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA 97.044). The grant will fund the University's FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY project to enhance public and firefighter safety from fire and fire-related hazards. As part of the project, $150,000 was provided to Tennessee Technological University via a sub-award to conduct the WOMEN FIRE FIGHTERS...
The $1,454,948 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program (CFDA 97.044) with a performance period from September 27, 2024 to September 26, 2026. The grant was awarded to Underwriters Laboratories Inc., doing business as UL Research Institutes, to support fire prevention and safety initiatives. Key products and services to be delivered under this grant include collaborative research with...
The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) received a $991,407.88 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The award period is from August 29, 2022 to August 28, 2024. The AFG program, administered by FEMA under CFDA number 97.044, aims to enhance public safety and protect firefighters from fire and fire-related hazards. TEEX will use the funding to provide fire and emergency response training...
The University of Illinois received a $485,820 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program, CFDA 97.044) to enhance firefighter safety. The two-year award running from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2025 will support the University's delivery of programs and services to improve the safety of firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The AFG Program aims to provide critically needed resources to...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $1,574,999.75 Project Grant under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program (CFDA 97.044) to Iowa State University of Science and Technology. The grant, which runs from September 2024 to September 2028, will support research and development activities to enhance firefighter safety and community resilience. Key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting combustion experiments to characterize smoke generated from...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $906,384.80 project grant under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to the University of Massachusetts Lowell Office of Research Administration on September 7, 2021 for completion by September 6, 2024. The grant aims to enhance firefighter safety through two subawards. Rutgers University will complete programmatic performance reports every six months. The Fire Protection Research Foundation will provide external evaluation of the study...
This $1,428,201.90 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) was awarded on September 13, 2023 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant funds projects aimed at enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. Under this award, the University of Michigan will conduct research and provide services to quantify environmental exposures and develop prevention strategies for...
This $1,428,417.14 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program award, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on September 5, 2023, will support a range of products and services aimed at enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The AFG Program funding will enable the grantee, New York University (NYU), to procure firefighting equipment, safety gear, and vehicles, as well as develop training programs, conduct research...