The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 8 Round 7 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 6, was announced Aug. 26, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards and recruitment fire grant awards totaling $8,212,932 include:
- $35,764, Recruitment, Terry’s Corners, Gasport, NY
- $100,367, Recruitment, Kingwood Township Volunteer Fire Co No 1, Frenchtown, NJ
- $109,100, Recruitment, J.U.G.A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, Rockville, IN
- $255,710, Recruitment, Cherokee Pass Volunteer Fire Department, FREDERICKTOWN, MO
- $283,024, Recruitment, North Liberty Fire Department, North Liberty, IA
- $901,148, Hiring, City of Melrose Fire Department, Melrose, MA
- $945,159, Recruitment, North County Fire Protection District, Fallbrook, CA
- $5,582,660, Hiring, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, Atlanta, GA
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