The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 43 Round 8 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 7, was announced Sept. 2, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards and recruitment fire grant awards totaling $50,633,836 include:
- $26,160, Recruitment, Niagara Engine Company No 6 Inc, Schoharie, NY
- $79,000, Recruitment, Maytown East Donegal Township Fire Department, Maytown, PA
- $247,500, Recruitment, City of Marina Fire Department, Marina, CA
- $358,592, Recruitment, Paradise Valley Fire Service Area, Emigrant, MT
- $698,745, Hiring, Molalla Rural Fire Protection District # 73, Molalla, OR
- $978,000, Recruitment, State of Wyoming Fire Chiefs Association, Cheyenne, WY
- $1,597,820, Hiring, Antonia Fire Protection District, Barnhart, MO
- $3,767,280, Hiring, City of Flint Fire Department, Flint, MI
- $5,049,612, Hiring, Elizabeth Fire Department, Elizabeth, NJ
- $9,081,950, Hiring, City of Phoenix Fire Department, Phoenix, AZ
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