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Fiscal Year 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program

Federal funding opportunity DHS-24-GPD-083-00-99 from Department of Homeland Security - FEMA (Department of Homeland Security).

Posted
May 20, 2025
Closed
July 3, 2025
Program funding
$324,000,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Other
Assistance listing
97.083
Category
Agriculture, Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Archives
August 2, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 97.083 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$284.5M
FY2026 obligated
−$33.1M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
504

A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.

Top recipients: Polk County, City of Saint Cloud, San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, Lake County, City of Phoenix

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

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. SAFER offers grants to support activities in two activities: 

1. Hiring of Firefighters 

2. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters 


The authority for SAFER is derived from Section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-498, as amended) (15 U.S.C. § 2229a).

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. 


Applicants can submit applications for this funding opportunity through FEMA Grants Outcomes (GO). Access the system at https://go.fema.gov/

Who can apply

Fire Departments, National, state, local, or federally recognized tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters

The official record

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Agency contact: Vani Neelakantan Grantor · [email protected] · 877-585-3242

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