Regulations and Standards for Fire and Rescue Departments
Some things to take into consideration while you are applying for an AFG grant are covered in this article. It is not enough to just say you need a new fire truck. You will want to include statistics and data that relate to your company’s policies and that you should refer to regulations and standards [...]
Evaluation Process of an Application for an AFG Award Part II
This article is a continuation of the application review process for the AFG Fire Grants awards. The individual merits of each application are the only consideration of the panelist. The applications are not in a contest with each other and are therefore individually judged. Proposing a cost-effective project is one of the elements the panelists [...]
A Successful AFG Fire Grants Story
Every year there are thousands of applications for assistance from the government through the Assistance for Firefighters Grant or AFG for free federal grant money. This report was issued on the website www.BroughtonVFD.org. This is one of the successful applications dated November 7, 2003. The Broughton Volunteer Fire Department from South Park, Pennsylvania was the [...]
Who Are Ineligible Organizations for FEMA Grants?
Across our great nation, most fire departments and EMS organizations are eligible for free government grant money through the FEMA Grants – AFG program. These departments and organizations provide fire suppression, and emergency medical and transport services for the general public in areas not owned by the federal government. The AFG program was designed to [...]
Additional Eligible Participants and Factors of Ineligibility for Fire Grants
If an organization or fire department does not possess the legal standing to file an application for Fire Grants, the local municipality or fire district where it is located in may submit the application for free federal grants under the AFG program. For native villages in Alaska, applications may be submitted by the state because [...]
Who Receives the Funding from the AFG Program
Applicants for the AFG Fire Grants are categorized in four different areas by FEMA for statistical purposes. The largest being all volunteer fire departments followed by the combination volunteer/paid firefighters, all paid/career firefighters and last paid on-call firefighters. 51.1% of all homeland security grant money allocated through the AFG is for the volunteer departments. The [...]
The AFG Fire Grants has Funded Many Firefighters Health and Safety Needs
The AFG Fire Grants program has funded many critical needs for a large number of fire departments all through out the United States. In the areas of firefighter health and safety we can report on some of the following cases where the Ward Diesel “NO SMOKE” Diesel Exhaust Removal Systems have been installed on fire [...]
FEMA AFG Fire Grants will Train Applicants on How to Write a Grant Proposal
There are many good training aids on the official AFG grants website that you may reach from the links provided below. Some of the things that you will want to learn about is how to write a good grant proposal. You should follow the instructions very closely and attend one of the traveling workshops in [...]
DHS and FEMA have an Online Tutorial to Learn More about the AFG Fire Grants
The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Fire Grants is a program that you will want to study properly before your grants writer submits the actual grant request. Now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have an online tutorial where you may do some advance preparation. Along with the [...]
The AFG Fire Grants Applications Workshops Are Traveling Now
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA has made the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program available. It is up to your fire department to apply for the grant money. This website at www.AFGgrants.com is privately operated to help make this AFG Grants program to become better known to all of the Fire Departments in [...]
