The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced 14 Round 9 awards for the FY2015 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER). The previous award round, Round 8, was announced Sept. 9, 2016. Fire Service organizations receiving hiring fire grant awards and recruitment fire grant awards totaling $4,535,589 include:
- $96,820, Recruitment, Village of Island Park Fire Department, Island Park, NY
- $133,659, Hiring, Dudley Fire and Emergency Service, Dudley, MA
- $176,900, Recruitment, Lewisburg Volunteer Fire Department, Lewisburg, WV
- $190,401, Recruitment, Oktibbeha County District #5 Vol FD, Starkville, MS
- $225,611, Recruitment, CAMPOBELLO, CAMPOBELLO, SC
- $346,347, Hiring, City of Branson Fire & Rescue, Branson, MO
- $459,344, Recruitment, Hallock Volunteer Fire Department, Hallock, MN
- $527,473, Recruitment, North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District, Naples, FL
- $633,746, Recruitment, Bardstown Fire Department, Bardstown, KY
- $935,716, Hiring, Stratford Fire Department, Stratford, CT
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