The FY 2015 AFG application period will open on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8 am EST and will close on January 15, 2016 at 5 PM EST. Application assistance tools are available. Begin your application now by utilizing the application assistance tools available below.
FY 2015 Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) Application Assistance Tools
AFG Get Ready Guides: Get Ready Guide – AFG Narrative, and Get Ready Guide – Grant Application
AFG Self-Evaluation Assistance: Operations & Safety, and Vehicle Acquisition
AFG Application Checklist
AFG Cost Share Calculator
FY 2015 AFG Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) Available Now
It is important to read the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) thoroughly. The NOFO contains the key programmatic updates and application requirements for all eligible applicants.
Nov. 17, 2015 – Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration (FIMA) published several new documents in the FEMA Resource & Document Library to support the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) programs.
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Digest 2015
The HMA Program Digest is an easy-to-read, easy-to use, summary of the basic HMA program elements. The Digest was updated to include program changes resulting from the publication of the 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Guidance.
Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities
The President’s 2015 Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative (OGSI); Executive Order 13653 Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change; the President’s 2013 Climate Action Plan; FEMA’s Climate Change Adaptation Policy; and the 2014‐2018 FEMA Strategic Plan, all identify the risks and impacts associated with climate change on community resilience to natural hazards, and direct Federal agencies to support climate resilient infrastructure.
FEMA is helping communities to incorporate methods to mitigate the impacts of climate change into HMA funded risk reduction activities by providing guidance on Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities. FEMA has developed initial guidance on Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities including green infrastructure methods, expanded ecosystem service benefits, and three flood reduction and drought mitigation activities: Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), Floodplain and Stream Restoration (FSR), and Flood Diversion and Storage (FDS).
FEMA encourages communities to use this information in developing eligible HMA project applications that leverage risk reduction actions and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change.
Cost Estimating Principles for HMA Applications Presentation Slides
FEMA is sharing slides from a previous webinar on cost estimating for project applications. The presentation provides a general overview of the principles of reviewing cost estimates for HMA projects (throughout the grant lifecycle). The presentation provides a process for determining “reasonable costs” as part of grant application review, and discusses the bidding process and contract types. States and local communities are encouraged to use these training materials to help prepare HMA project applications.
The FY 2015 AFG application period will open on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8 am EST and will close on January 15, 2016 at 5 PM EST. Application assistance tools are available. Begin your application now by utilizing the application assistance tools available below.
FY 2015 Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) Application Assistance Tools
Trying to write stronger, more competitive public safety grant applications?
Bookmark these resources to keep them handy when working on your next grant applications.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Obtain highway safety information statistics for your grants involving these types of issues. Many grants for transportation-related programs, DUI Enforcement, Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs etc. come from the DOT. The BTS was created for data collection, analysis, and reporting. This site is where they hold their statistical data.
Variety of free statistical information, including economic, demographic and financial data. Information you select is put into your online basket. After you finish searching, download the basket contents. Registration is required, but everything is free of charge.
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FEMA has released rejection letters for the FY2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). Funding award rounds have also been completed.
“If your letter was received on Oct. 26, that’s an indication that you were rejected by the computer,” says Kurt Bradley, Senior Grants Consultant at First Responder Grants. “If you got your notification on Oct. 30, then you went to peer panel you just didn’t score well enough to get into the money.”
FEMA – On October 30, 2015, FEMA announced that it has completed its review of the Fiscal Year 2015 Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) applications and has posted the status of the applications on the FEMA website.
FEMA has identified PDM and FMA applications for further review based on the agency’s priorities and available funding as announced in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for each grant program posted on www.grants.gov on May 29, 2015.
FEMA will not send notification letters to each applicant regarding their status. Rather, applicants should review the status of each application online:
FEMA will work with applicants to complete required pre-award activities for those applications identified for further review before making a final decision. Applicants are encouraged to contact their FEMA Regional Office for additional information.
The FY 2015 AFG application period will open on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 8 am EST and will close on January 15, 2016 at 5 PM EST. Application assistance tools are available. Begin your application now by utilizing the application assistance tools available below.
FEMA has released rejection letters for the FY2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). Funding award rounds have also been completed.