The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced the twenty-first award round for the FY2013 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) fire grants program.
FEMA awarded $2,328,625 to 33 Fire Service organizations throughout the US. Awards included:
- $4,617, Operations and Safety, Training, Castalia Community Fire Service, Castalia, IA
- $19,784, Operations and Safety, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Caroga Lake Volunteer Fire Company, Caroga Lake, NY
- $61,200, Operations and Safety, Wellness and Fitness Programs, Santa Fe Fire Department, Santa Fe, NM
- $97,850, Vehicle Acquisition, Vehicle Acquisition, Warner Volunteer Fire Department, Warner, OK
- $114,000, Operations and Safety, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Horton Township Volunteer Fire Department, Ridgway, PA
- $142,479, Operations and Safety, Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Clarkston Fire and Rescue, Clarkston, UT
- $347,061, Operations and Safety, Training, Santa Rosa Fire Department, Santa Rosa, CA
Round 21 award allocations:
- Operations & Safety: 32 awards, $2,230,775
- Vehicles: 1 award, $97,850
- State Fire Training Academy: 0 awards, $0
Total FY2013 appropriations are $280,163,233: $201,717,528 for Operations & Safety fire grants, $70,040,808 for Vehicle fire grants, and $8,404,897 for State Fire Training Academy fire grants.
To-date, 2,075 fire grants totaling $271,300,735 have been awarded:
- Operations & Safety: 1,824 awards, $209,709,710
- Vehicles: 220 awards, $53,064,859
- State Fire Training Academy: 31 awards, $8,526,166
Estimated remaining funds are:
- Operations & Safety: $0 ($1,753,496 from vehicles)
- Vehicles: $17,388,664 (24%)
- State Fire Training Academy: $138,676 (2%)
With an average of 99 awards per round, the average award amount is:
- Operations & Safety: $114,972
- Vehicles: $241,204
- State Fire Training Academy: $275,038
Estimated remaining awards:
- Operations & Safety: 0
- Vehicles: 72
- State Fire Training Academy: 1
An estimated 1 award round remain. Our thanks to Andy Theriault of Ipswich FD, MA, for compiling these statistics.
See the full FY2013 AFG fire grant award list here. Check back weekly for more AFG award updates!