Staffing for adequate fire and emergency response (safer)
Active Project Grant Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- EMW2024FF01685
- Recipient
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Town Of Newport UEI KKFMFLU1JAM3
- Awarding agency
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FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
- Obligated
- $670,451
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 97.083 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
- Completion date 20% complete
- Funding
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- $413,444.56 Federal
- $257,006.12 Non-federal
- Place of performance
- Newport, NC 28570, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
Federal Grant Award Summary
The Town of Newport Fire Department received a $670,450.68 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program (CFDA 97.083), awarded on March 19, 2026, with a completion date of March 18, 2029. This award supports the hiring of frontline firefighters and the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters within the Newport, North Carolina Fire Department. The SAFER program provides direct federal funding to eligible municipalities to help communities meet industry minimum standards and maintain 24-hour staffing levels to ensure adequate fire and emergency response protection and services.
The three-year funding period allows the Fire Department to expand its personnel capacity and strengthen its volunteer workforce through recruitment initiatives and retention strategies. As a prime federal grant recipient, the Town of Newport Fire Department will manage the award directly through FEMA's grants administration system, with oversight provided by the parent Town of Newport Town Hall Administration. This award represents the Fire Department's most recent federal funding from FEMA and builds on prior SAFER and Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) awards received in 2022.
Quick answers
Who received award EMW2024FF01685?
EMW2024FF01685 was awarded to Town Of Newport by FEMA HQ Financial Assistance Awards (Federal Emergency Management Agency) on March 19, 2026.
How much is award EMW2024FF01685 worth?
$670,451 has been obligated on EMW2024FF01685: $413,445 in federal funding and $257,006 in non-federal funding.
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