Official Site for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
2010 Grants Management Workshops Upcoming Workshop in
New York, NY.
Registration is now open for the Basic Fundamentals of Grants Management Workshops. FEMA's Grant Program Directorate in partnership with the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) is conducting workshops to provide fundamentals of grants management to recipients receiving FEMA funding. The workshops are for those with less than one year of experience with FEMA's grant management. For questions about the workshops, contact Lisa Nine Accordini with the NCJA at 202-421-7693 or laccordini@ncja.org
Breaking News AFG, FP&S and SAFER
Award Recipients Announced
Locate recently added AFG, FP&S and SAFER grant recipients by searching the list of awardees, or find more specific information through searching by state, award amount or by city.
Fire department personnel who have questions regarding the AFG Grants can reach the Federal Emergency Management's Agency's Grants Programs Directorate (GPD) AFG program staff at 1-866-274-0960 or e-mail at firegrants@dhs.gov.
Submit and Share Your Success Story We Want to Hear About You
Your success is important to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. We also want to share your success stories with others. That means we need to hear from you.
Tell us what your department has accomplished with the grant funding it has received. The criteria for AFG, SAFER, FP&S and SCG success stories are slightly different, so please read both the instructions and example carefully before submission.
Whistleblower Protection. Each recipient awarded funds made available under any grants by FEMA is required to promptly inform FEMA’s Office of Inspector General regarding any credible evidence that a principal, employee, agent, contractor, sub-recipient, subcontractor, or other person has submitted a false claim under the False Claims Act or has committed a criminal or civil violation of laws pertaining to fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, gratuity, or similar misconduct involving those grant funds. The DHS Office of Inspector General can be reached at http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/
