Grants to USA Fire Departments, EMS Providers, and Fire Tr

Grants to USA Fire Departments, EMS Providers, and Fire Training Academies for Equipment and Training

Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)

GrantWatch ID# 148687

Agency: Federal

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Funding Source

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

CFDA Number: 97.044

Funding or PIN Number: DHS-22-GPD-044-00-98

Geographic Focus

All USA
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);

Important Dates

Deadline: 02/10/23 5:00 PM ET Receipt Save

Grant Description

Grants to USA and territories fire departments, nonprofit and public EMS organizations, and fire training academies for equipment and training for emergency personnel. Applicants are advised to create or verify the required registrations several weeks prior to the deadline.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program is one of three grant programs that constitute the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) focus on enhancing the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) for critical training and equipment. The AFG Program has awarded approximately $8.1 billion in grant funding to provide critically needed resources that equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience. Since FY 2018, the AFG Program has awarded more than 600 fire apparatuses, 102,000 personal protective equipment items, and 124,000 other fire equipment to over 3,800 unique recipients. During the same period, the AFG Program awarded 588 recipients approximately $90 million to modify department facilities or implement wellness and fitness priorities to protect firefighter health.

In awarding grants, the FEMA Administrator is required to consider:

The findings and recommendations of the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP);
The degree to which an award will reduce deaths, injuries and property damage by reducing the risks associated with fire related and other hazards;
The extent of an applicant’s need for an AFG Program grant and the need to protect the United States as a whole; and
The number of calls requesting or requiring a firefighting or emergency medical response received by an applicant.

The AFG Program has three activities:

Operations and Safety
Vehicle Acquisition
Regional Projects

Programmatic Information and Priorities can be found at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_fy-22-afg-nofo.pdf#page=49.

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Eligibility

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants
- Fire Departments: Fire departments operating in any of the 50 states, as well as fire departments in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization. A fire department is an agency or organization having a formally recognized arrangement with a state, local, tribal or territorial authority (city, county, parish, fire district, township, town or other governing body) to provide fire suppression to a population within a geographically fixed primary first due response area.

- Nonaffiliated EMS organizations: Nonaffiliated EMS organizations operating in any of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2 or any federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization. A nonaffiliated EMS organization is an agency or organization that is a public or private nonprofit emergency medical service entity providing medical transport that is not affiliated with a hospital and does not serve a geographic area in which emergency medical services are adequately provided by a fire department. FEMA considers the following as hospitals under the AFG Program:
- Clinics;
- Medical centers;
- Medical college or university;
- Infirmary;
- Surgery centers; and
- Any other institution, association, or foundation providing medical, surgical or psychiatric care and/or treatment for the sick or injured.

- State Fire Training Academies: An SFTA operates in any of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Applicants must be designated either by legislation or by a Governor’s declaration as the sole fire service training agency within a state, territory, or the District of Columbia. The designated SFTA shall be the only agency, bureau, division or entity within that state, territory, or the District of Columbia, to be an eligible SFTA applicant under the AFG Program.

- Non-federal airport and/or port authority fire or EMS organizations are eligible only if they have a formally recognized arrangement with the local jurisdiction to provide fire suppression or emergency medical services on a first-due basis outside the confines of the airport or port facilities. Airport or port authority fire and EMS organizations whose sole responsibility is suppression of fires or EMS response on the airport grounds or port facilities are not eligible for funding under the AFG Program.

Ineligible

An application submitted by an otherwise eligible non-federal entity (i.e., the applicant) may be deemed ineligible when the person that submitted the application is not: 1) a current employee, personnel, official, staff or leadership of the non-federal entity; and 2) duly authorized to apply for an award on behalf of the non-federal entity at the time of application.

Further, the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) must be a duly authorized current employee, personnel, official, staff or leadership of the recipient and provide an email address unique to the recipient at the time of application and upon any change in assignment during the period of performance. Consultants or contractors of the recipient are not permitted to be the AOR of the recipient.

Funding Restrictions can be found at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_fy-22-afg-nofo.pdf#page=16.

Pre-Proposal Conference

For applicants interested in learning how to apply for funding under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Programs (AFGP), FEMA hosts workshops.

View the current workshop and webinar schedule here: https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/firefighters/workshops

Pre-Application Information

Application Submission Deadline: 02/10/2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET

All applications must be received by the established deadline.

Anticipated Funding Selection Date: No later than April 30, 2023

Other Key Dates:
- Obtaining Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number: Four weeks before actual submission deadline
- Obtaining a valid Employer Identification Number (EIN): Four weeks before actual submission deadline
- Creating an account with login.gov: Four weeks before actual submission deadline
- Registering in SAM or updating SAM registration: Four weeks before actual submission deadline
- Registering Organization in FEMA GO: Prior to beginning application
- Submitting complete application in FEMA GO: One week before actual submission deadline

Effective April 4, 2022, the Federal Government transitioned from using the Data Universal Numbering System or DUNS number, to a new, non-proprietary identifier known as a Unique Entity Identifier or UEI. For entities that had an active registration in in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to this date, the UEI has automatically been assigned and no action is necessary. For all entities filing a new registration in SAM.gov after April 4, 2022, the UEI will be assigned to that entity as part of the SAM.gov registration process.

Cost Share or Match
Recipient cost sharing is generally required as described below and pursuant to 15 U.S.C.§ 2229(k)(1). In general, eligible applicants shall agree to make available non-federal funds to carry out an AFG Program award in an amount equal to not less than 15% of the federal funds awarded. Additional information about cost share can be found at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_fy-22-afg-nofo.pdf#page=8.

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$324,000,000

Number of Grants

Projected number of Awards: 2,000

Term of Contract

Period of Performance: 24 months

Contact Information

Applications are processed through the FEMA GO system. To access the system, go to https://go.fema.gov/.

For technical assistance with the FEMA GO system, please contact the FEMA GO Helpdesk at femago@fema.dhs.gov or (877) 611-4700, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET.

The AFG Program Help Desk can be contacted at (866) 274-0960 or by email at FireGrants@fema.dhs.gov.

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