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Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program

Agency: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA

Assistance Listings: 97.044 -- Assistance to Firefighters Grant

Last Updated: May 18, 2026

The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience. 

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Government

  • City or township governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • County governments

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

Fire Departments, State Fire Training Academies, Nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Services

Grantor contact information

Description

FEMA GO Help Desk 1-877-585-3242 femago@fema.dhs.gov

Email

FEMA GO Help Desk

femago@fema.dhs.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
Fiscal_Year_FY_2025_Assistance_to_Firefighters_Grants_AFG_Program_Notice_of_Funding_Opportunity.pdf
Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity.pdf
May 18, 2026 04:30 PM UTC

Link to additional information

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Closing: June 22, 2026

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$291,600,000

Program Funding

1800

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$9,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

DHS-25-GPD-044-00-98

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Other

Category Explanation:

Firefighting equipment, personal protective equipment, training, and wellness.

History

Version:

1

Posted date:

May 18, 2026

Archive date:

July 22, 2026

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