Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants
Agency: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
Assistance Listings
- 97.083 -- Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to help fire departments increase frontline firefighters, rehire firefighters that have been laid off, retain firefighters facing imminent layoffs, or filling of positions that were vacated through attrition. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two categories:
1. Hiring of Firefighters
2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters...
The authority for SAFER is derived from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. §2229a et seq.).
The notice of funding opportunity document provides potential applicants with the details of the requirements, processing, and evaluation of an application for financial assistance for both of these activity areas.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- County governments
- City or township governments
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Fire Departments
National, state, local, or tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters
Grantor contact information
Description
SAFER Help Desk
(866) 274-0960
FireGrants@fema.dhs.gov
FireGrants@fema.dhs.gov
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Archived: March 12, 2017
Award
$345,000,000
Program Funding
300
Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$--
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
DHS-16-GPD-083-000-99
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Other
Category Explanation:
The hiring firefighters and the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
History
Version:
1
Posted date:
January 3, 2017
Archive date:
March 12, 2017
