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GR Issue: Grant Funding

Senate Passes Amendment to Reauthorize USFA and FIRE and SAFER Grants
November 30, 2012

FIRE Grant Application Period Opens on Monday, June 11
June 8, 2012

U.S. House Passes Funding Amendments: DHS Appropriations to see increased FIRE/SAFER Grant and US&R funding levels
June 7, 2012

IAFC Testifies on Proposed Homeland Security Grant Consolidation
Testimony: Ensuring the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Transparency of Homeland Security Grants (Part II): Stakeholder Perspectives (pdf)
Chief Hank Clemmensen
IAFC First Vice President
April 26, 2012

DHS Announces Opening of SAFER Grant Application Period
January 27, 2012

Congress Passes FY 2012 “Megabus” Appropriations Bill
December 19, 2011

Important Announcement: Changes to AFG Awards Procedures
November 29, 2011

AFG Program Application Period Extended to September 23: Fire Chiefs Encouraged to Apply
Sept. 13, 2011

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Application Period Opens August 15
August 9, 2011

DHS Releases Ready Guides to Prepare for AFG Grant Application Period
July 15, 2011

House Votes to Restore Funding to FIRE, SAFER Grant Programs
June 3, 2011

Senate Committee Votes to Terminate FIRE and SAFER Grant Programs in 2016
June 1, 2011

Contact Your Representative to Restore FIRE-SAFER Funding
May 31, 2011

U.S. House of Representatives Slashes Fire Service Funding
May 13, 2011

Update: House SAFER/FIRE Programs Restored - Price and Pascrell Amendments Pass to Save Funding
February 18, 2011

DHS Announces Opening of FY2010 SAFER Grants Application Period
August 16, 2010

AFG Workshop Schedule Is Now Available
March 15, 2010
AFG Workshop Schedule

U.S. DHS Extends SAFER Grant Application Period and Clarifies Provisions
December 17, 2009

FIRE-SAFER Reauthorization Passes U.S. House
November 19, 2009

Chief Johnson Testifies for the IAFC in Support of FIRE and SAFER Grants, Recommends Some Changes
Reauthorization of the FIRE Grant Programs (pdf)
Testimony: Chief Jeffrey D. Johnson, EFO, CFO IAFC
1st Vice President
July 8, 2009

IAFC Members Urged to Support Pascrell-Altmire-Austria-King Amendment to Increase FIRE Grant Funding
June 19, 2009

Fire Station Construction Grant Application Period Opens This Week: Application Period Ends on July 10
June 9, 2009
Download IAFC GR department analysis of the FSC grant program and its priorities (pdf)

Summary of President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: Increases to SAFER and USFA; Cuts to FIRE
May 13, 2009

DHS Announces Application Period for Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program: April 15 - May 20, 2009
April 13, 2009

AFG Workshops Scheduled
IAFC On Scene: February 1, 2009

Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Application Period Now Open
IAFC On Scene: February 1, 2009

FY08 AFG Program Application Summary
March 3, 2008

Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Workshops for FY2008 Applicants
February 6, 2008

President Bush Proposes Budget for FY09
February 5, 2008

Congress Passes FY 2008 DHS Appropriations Funding: Includes Increased Funding for FIRE and SAFER Grant Programs
December 20, 2007