The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 30 Round 4 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 3, was announced July 29, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards totaling $13,147,433 include:
- $94,709, Hiring, Ester Volunteer Fire Department, Fairbanks, AK
- $156,509, Hiring, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue, San Juan Fire Protection District #2, Eastsound, WA
- $231,000, Hiring, Slater-Marietta Fire Department, Marietta, SC
- $275,200, Hiring, M.M.P. & W. Vol. Fire & Ambulance Co. Inc., Mercersburg, PA
- $342,852, Hiring, Austintown Fire Department, Austintown, OH
- $407,955, Hiring, Morehead City Fire-EMS, Morehead City, NC
- $539,184, Hiring, Leesville Fire Department, Leesville, LA
- $617,616, Hiring, GARDEN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, GARDEN CITY, MI
- $746,832, Hiring, Edgewater Fire Rescue, Edgewater, FL
- $972,377, Hiring, Troy Fire Department, Troy, NY
Further award rounds will be announced on Fridays until SAFER has made all awards under the current year. Due to continued application scoring or other circumstances, some weeks may not have an award round. See all FY2015 SAFER fire grant awards