Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
- Closed
- June 22, 2026
- Program funding
- $324,000,000
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 97.083
- Archives
- July 22, 2026
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 →
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).
Who can apply
- County governments
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
Fire Departments, National, state, local, or federally recognized tribal organizations representing the interests of volunteer firefighters
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