Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team

Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, is a federal grant recipient specializing in emergency response staffing and equipment support for municipal fire departments. The organization does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor and operates exclusively as a grant recipient; it also serves as a sub-recipient on wildland fire equipment grants from state natural-resource agencies.

The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of grant work. Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team received two prime grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency: a $345,000 project grant under the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program (Award Date Mar 27, 2023; Ultimate Completion Date Jun 19, 2027), which funds enhanced staffing levels and deployment operations in Palmerton through 2027, and a grant under the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program (Award Date Jun 27, 2023; Ultimate Completion Date Jun 26, 2025). The organization also holds a sub-recipient role on a wildland fire protective clothing grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Award Date Aug 14, 2026), which provides current protective gear for volunteer firefighters responding to wildland fire incidents. Total dollars obligated across all three awards is $431 thousand. Activity is sparse — two awards in 2023 and one in 2026 — with the two FEMA prime grants accounting for 100% of customer concentration. The SAFER grant is the organization's largest and longest-running award, extending eighteen months beyond the source snapshot date. Palmerton Municipal Fire Department Support Team does not participate in governmentwide acquisition vehicles, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs, and holds no federal contract vehicles. The organization's footprint is geographically and programmatically limited to fire department staffing support and emergency response equipment within its municipality and does not extend to multiagency or service-wide contracting roles.