The Mulberry Fairplains Fire Rescue organization was awarded a $433,500 SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on November 19, 2024. The grant, provided under the SAFER Grant Program (CFDA 97.083), aims to enhance the fire department's emergency response capabilities by funding staff hiring and volunteer firefighter recruitment/retention efforts. The project period runs from November 2024 through November 2028, with the...
The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina received a $5.5 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 program is to help local fire departments enhance staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure adequate fire and fire-related hazard protection for communities. Funding will support the city's fire department staffing efforts from...
The North Fire Department was awarded a $426,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on November 4, 2024. The grant, part of FEMA's SAFER Grant Program (CFDA 97.083), will support the fire department's staffing and recruitment efforts over a four-year project period from November 2024 through November 2028. The primary goal of the SAFER grant program is to ensure communities have adequate fire and emergency...
The North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs, Incorporated (NC AFC) was awarded a $1,678,760 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Project Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support staffing and deployment capabilities for local fire departments in Greensboro, North Carolina. The goal of the SAFER Grant Program (CFDA 97.083) is to help local fire departments respond to emergencies and ensure adequate fire protection. The NC AFC will use the two-year...
The Forbush Volunteer Fire Department Inc. received a $217,232 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities from December 1, 2021 through November 30, 2025. The SAFER Grant Program, administered by FEMA under CFDA #97.083, aims to help local fire departments respond effectively to emergencies by ensuring adequate staffing levels. Forbush Volunteer Fire Department will use its...
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides $153,062.85 in funding to the Battleboro Rural Fire Department, H.L. Harrison Fire District, Inc. on August 7, 2023. The SAFER grant program aims to assist local fire departments in maintaining adequate staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure sufficient fire protection for communities. This Project Grant award will support...
The Town of Haw River, NC was awarded a $496,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities for the town's fire department from May 2023 through May 2027. The SAFER grant program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as CFDA #97.083, aims to help local fire departments enhance their abilities to respond to emergencies and ensure communities have adequate protection...
The Shiloh Fire Department was awarded a $210,900 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 enhance staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure adequate community protection from fire and other hazards. Under this three-year project grant awarded on July 25, 2023, the Shiloh Fire Department in Willard, North Carolina will utilize the...
The Westfield Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department Inc. was awarded a $163,435 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Project Grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on November 28, 2021. The grant will fund staffing and deployment capabilities to enable the Department to respond to emergencies and ensure adequate fire protection for the community of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina through November 27, 2025. The SAFER Grant Program, administered by FEMA under the Catalog...
The Community Volunteer Fire Department was awarded a $375,360 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 Program is to assist local fire departments with staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and ensure communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Through this November 29, 2021 award, the Community Volunteer Fire...