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Federal Grant Program: AFG Grants
Part of the US federal grant program is the Assistance to Firefighters Grant that makes annual awards to US fire departments and non-affiliated emergency workers. This program has already started to issue awards for this year.
This program is to help the emergency responders in the local communities across America to be better prepared to do their jobs and save lives.
Every year, over 100,000 firefighters are injured on the job and in 2008, 118 firefighters lost their lives in the line of duty. The majority of them were volunteer firefighters. Some of them were caused by burns and smoke inhalation but this was not the major cause of death last year. The US Fire Administration reported the leading cause of death amongst firefighters in the year 2008 was from heart attack and strokes.
Stress and overexertion is the leading cause for the heart attacks and strokes amongst the firefighters that died last year. Better and newer equipment, along with training, can and will reduce this number. This is one of the areas the AFG program is hoping to address with its awards.
Areas that this program addresses, other than training and equipment, are protective gear and emergency vehicles. This program was established in 2001 to help fire departments fill the needs that local taxes could not support or supply.
Not every application is granted an award and not all of what is applied for is granted. One fact remains and that is unless you apply, you cannot receive an AFG award. This US federal grant program is accepting applications until May 28, 2010 at 8 pm ET.
Help your department and those that work there do the best job they can and get your application in before the deadline passes.
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