The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 55 Round 5 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 4, was announced Aug. 5, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards and recruitment fire grant awards totaling $93,628,942 include:
- $48,000, Recruitment, Perrysburg Fire Division, Perrysburg, OH
- $51,120, Recruitment, Maumelle Fire Department, Maumelle, AR
- $110,950, Recruitment, Siletz RFPD, Siletz, OR
- $288,400, Recruitment, Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue, Hampton, VA
- $355,780, Recruitment, Lugoff Fire District, Lugoff, SC
- $771,364, Hiring, Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District, Detroit, OR
- $1,229,320, Recruitment, Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association, East Ridge, TN
- $2,505,600, Hiring, Puerto Rico State Fire Department, San Juan, PR
- $5,810,800, Hiring, Baltimore City Fire Department, Baltimore, MD
- $8,390,000, Hiring, Jersey City Dept of Fire & Emergency Services, Jersey City, NJ
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