Project Grant EMW2024FF00278
- 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 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 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 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 Ventura, California received a $15,274,719.98 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 Program (CFDA 97.083) 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. The City of Ventura will use the three-year award ending...
- 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 City of Salinas received a $4,740,042.15 federal 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). The goal of the SAFER program is to assist local fire departments with staffing and deployment capabilities to ensure adequate fire and emergency response protection for communities. This funding will enable the City of Salinas to hire new firefighters...
- The City of Modesto, California received a $4,244,402 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support staffing and deployment capabilities for responding to emergencies through February 2025. The SAFER grant program aims to help local fire departments assure communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards by supporting staffing levels. Funding will support the Modesto Fire Department's emergency...
The City of Manteca received a $4.37M Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant (CFDA 97.083) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on March 23, 2026, with a completion date of March 22, 2029. This Project Grant supports the city's fire department in enhancing emergency response capabilities through two primary activities: hiring additional frontline firefighters and recruiting and retaining volunteer firefighters. These staffing investments are designed to ensure the community maintains adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards while strengthening the local fire department's operational capacity. The three-year grant period enables the City of Manteca to address critical staffing gaps in its fire services and build a more robust emergency response infrastructure. By focusing on both career and volunteer firefighter development, the award reflects the SAFER program's federal commitment to supporting local fire departments across the nation in meeting community emergency response needs. The funding represents a significant investment in the city's public safety capabilities during the award period through March 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.7m | 9/25/25 |