Are there targeted funding amounts for the two SAFER activities?
A total of $109,000,000 has been appropriated for the SAFER Grants. Of that total, no less than ten percent (10%), or $10.9 million, must be awarded for recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. Up to ninety percent (90%), or $98.1 million, can be awarded for the purposes of hiring new firefighters.

Out of that $98.1 million targeted for hiring new firefighters, no less than ten percent (10%) must be awarded to volunteer or mostly volunteer departments, i.e., departments where more than fifty percent (50%) of their membership is volunteer.

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