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FEMA AFG Grant
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FEMA AFG grant open application period is presently underway. The projected total award amount for the year 2010 is $380 million. These funds are available to any fire department and non-affiliated emergency response agencies in America.
The process of beginning to fill a department’s needs start with identifying those particular needs that are the most urgent. Once they are identified, they need to be described in detail in the application that is to be submitted to the AFG program.
The most common needs that are funded are new vehicle acquisition, new or the replacement of equipment, and training for firefighting and emergency personnel. The equipment can be as simple as new helmets are as complex as diesel smoke removal from the fire house.
No need is too great or insignificant that it should be excluded from a department’s application. What is necessary is that the need be fully described in the application, along with the benefits to the department and the surrounding community once the needs are funded.
Each application should be filled out in as concise detail as possible without becoming overly wordy. The reviewers of these applications have one job. That job is to identify the most needed cases to be funded. This job requires a group of individuals to review cases 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 50 weeks a year.
By making the application easy to understand, the reviewer’s job will be simpler and chances of approval are increased. The last factor to obtain approval is to submit the application before the May 28, 2010 8:00 pm ET deadline. This is when the DHS FEMA AFG grant open application period will end for this year. No exceptions are permitted.
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