Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response
Author: Lennard G. Kruger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2008
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The Administration has consistently requested no funding for SAFER, arguing that localities should be solely responsible for funding firefighting personnel. Fire service advocates counter that the inability of many local fire departments to meet minimum standards for personnel levels could lead to inadequate response to different types of emergency incidents, substandard response times, and an increased risk of firefighter fatalities. This report will be updated as events warrant.

Assistance to Firefighters Program

Assistance to Firefighters Program
Author: Lennard G. Kruger
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2010-10
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ISBN: 1437934269
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The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, also known as fire grants or the FIRE Act grant program, was established in 2001. The program provides federal grants directly to local fire departments and unaffiliated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) org. to help address a variety of equipment, training, and other firefighter-related and EMS needs. A related program is the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters (SAFER) program, which provides grants for hiring, recruiting, and retaining firefighters. Contents of this report: (1) Background; (2) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program; (3) Fire Station Construction Grants in the Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act; (4) SAFER Grants; (5) Program Evaluation; (6) Dist. of Fire Grants.

Fire Grants

Fire Grants
Author: Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2016
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) revised fire grant policies for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER), and Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant programs in response to the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012 (FGRA). GPD incorporated a majority of these changes into its existing application and award processes. For example, FGRA established minimum award allocations for three types of fire departments. In 2013 and 2014, each of these types of departments received more than the minimum of fire grant funds. FEMA also developed a performance assessment system for the AFG and SAFER programs in response to FGRA. The figure summarizes the types of uses for each fire grant program.