The Jefferson Fire Department will receive $35,911 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an Assistance to Firefighters Grant. The grant will be used to purchase new firefighting hose.
The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations. Since 2001, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.
This grant is funded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. Eligible applicants include local fire departments, fire districts, nonaffiliated EMS organizations, tribal fire departments, and state fire training academies. The grant applications are submitted from each agency directly to FEMA and the applications are reviewed and scored by fire service personnel from throughout the nation.
FEMA obligates funding for this project directly to the recipient agencies. It is the recipient agency’s responsibility to manage the grant award within federal guidelines, with technical assistance and monitoring provided by FEMA fire program specialists.
Additional information about FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program(s) may be found at fema.gov/firegrants.
