The Salem Township Volunteer Fire Company #2 was awarded a $1,202,390.00 Project Grant under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083) administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The grant, awarded on December 22, 2024, will provide funding to enhance the fire department's emergency response capabilities through the hiring of new firefighters and the support of volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention efforts. The project...
The Blawnox-Glenover Volunteer Fire Co was awarded a $992,670.00 Project Grant on November 19, 2024 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083). The funding will support the fire department's personnel costs, firefighter hiring, and volunteer recruitment efforts over a four-year period from November 2024 to November 2028. The SAFER Grant Program aims to enhance local fire departments'...
The Rostraver Central Volunteer Fire Department was awarded a $395,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities from June 2023 through June 2027. The SAFER Grant Program, administered by FEMA under Assistance Listing Number 97.083, aims to help local fire departments enhance their abilities to respond to emergencies and ensure communities have adequate protection from...
The Fire Chiefs' Aid Association of Montgomery County Pennsylvania was awarded a $685,780 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The SAFER grant program aims to help local fire departments improve staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies and ensuring adequate fire and hazard protection for communities. Through this November 2021 project grant, the Fire Chiefs' Aid Association will utilize the funding...
The Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team was awarded a $345,000 project grant 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. With this funding, the Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team will...
The City of Streetsboro Fire Department was awarded a $1,184,714.01 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083). The grant, awarded on March 22, 2025, will support the department's efforts to enhance its emergency response capabilities through March 21, 2028. The SAFER Grant Program aims to ensure communities have adequate fire and emergency protection by strengthening local fire...
The City of Tarpon Springs Fire Department was awarded a $1,857,666 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 three-year grant project is to assist the City in improving staffing and deployment capabilities of its fire department to adequately respond to emergencies and protect the community from fire and fire-related hazards. Funding will support related services and...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the Brookline Station Fire District a $588,232.84 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. The SAFER grant program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as 97.083, aims to help local fire departments improve staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies and ensuring adequate community protection from fire and fire-related hazards. With this three-year project grant running from...
The Community Volunteer Fire Department of Mahaffey Borough was awarded a $127,114.28 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards on August 7, 2023. The grant was provided under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program (CFDA 97.083), which aims to assist local fire departments with staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure adequate community fire and emergency...
The City of Scranton, Pennsylvania received a $2.6 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities of the local fire department through February 2025. The SAFER grant program aims to help local fire departments respond to emergencies and ensure communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Funds will support Scranton's fire department staffing to...