Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response (safer)
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- EMW2024FF00803
- Recipient
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ST. Johnsbury Town Manager UEI EKHJL22F6F26
- Awarding agency
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FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
- Obligated
- $569,508
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 97.083 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
- Completion date 20% complete
- Funding
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- $351,196.82 Federal
- $218,311.54 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Waterford, VT 05819, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
ST. Johnsbury Town Manager received a $569,508.36 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards on March 19, 2026, under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program (CFDA 97.083). The award supports firefighter hiring and volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention initiatives through March 18, 2029. The SAFER program provides direct funding to eligible municipalities and fire service organizations to help communities meet industry minimum standards, achieve 24-hour staffing capacity, and ensure adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards while fulfilling traditional fire department missions.
No sub-awardee information is provided for this specific grant. The award follows FEMA's multi-phase, merit-based selection process, which includes electronic pre-scoring against criteria established by fire service organization representatives, peer review of narrative quality and cost-benefit analysis, and internal FEMA assessments of technical feasibility, completeness, costs, and eligibility. ST. Johnsbury's award represents one of approximately 140-160 annual awards distributed under the SAFER program, which has obligated $4.7 billion across 4,772 awards since its inception in 2005.
Quick answers
Who received award EMW2024FF00803?
EMW2024FF00803 was awarded to ST. Johnsbury Town Manager by FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards (Federal Emergency Management Agency) on March 19, 2026.
How much is award EMW2024FF00803 worth?
$569,508 has been obligated on EMW2024FF00803: $351,197 in federal funding and $218,312 in non-federal funding.
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