The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 55 Round 7 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 6, was announced Aug. 19, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards and recruitment fire grant awards totaling $93,628,942 include:
- $64,316, Recruitment, Pepperell Fire Department, Pepperell, MA
- $131,500, Recruitment, Bloomsburg Fire Department, Inc., Bloomsburg, PA
- $371,325, Hiring, Summit Fire District, Flagstaff, AZ
- $531,700, Recruitment, Akron Fire Company Inc., Akron, NY
- $709,522, Hiring, Shasta Lake Fire Protection District, Shasta Lake, CA
- $960,710, Recruitment, Jefferson County Emergency Services Agency-Fire Board, Ranson, WV
- $1,576,458, Hiring, City of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
- $2,505,600, Hiring, Puerto Rico State Fire Department, San Juan, PR
- $6,339,748, Hiring, Division of Fire and Rescue Services of Frederick County, MD, Frederick, MD
- $8,646,816, Hiring, Spokane Fire Department, Spokane, WA
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