Fire Prevention & Safety Grants (FP&S)

FEMA fire grant funds community-focused programs around fire safety and fire prevention

Since 2015, FP&S has awarded 1,108 fire prevention and fire safety grants, totaling $361,995,142

Current application period: FY 2024

We’ll update details on dates, deadlines, and NOFO/grant guidelines once they’re available.

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FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program

About FP&S fire grants

With a primary goal of reducing injury and preventing death among high-risk populations, FP&S is a federal fire services grant program provided via FEMA and DHS. Through FP&S, fire departments nationwide have been able to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related hazards.

Since 2015, FP&S has awarded 1,108 fire prevention and fire safety grants, totaling $361,995,142.

About FY 2024 FP&S

• Funding Opportunity Number: DHS-24-GPD-044-00-97
• Assistance Listing Number: 97.151
• Expected Total Funding: $32,400,000
• Anticipated Number of Awards: 100 awards
• Anticipated Funding Selection Date: No later than Aug 18, 2025
• Anticipated Award Date: Beginning on approximately Aug 18, 2025, and continuing thereafter until all FY 2024 FP&S Program grant awards are issued (but no later than September 30, 2025).
• Cost Sharing Requirement: Applicants selected for this award must agree to an acceptable cost share agreement. Otherwise, they will not be funded.

The total amount of funding a recipient may receive under an FP&S Program award is limited to a maximum federal share of $1.5 million set by § 33(d)(2) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-498, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 2229(d)(2)).

R&D Activity applicants applying under the Early Career Investigator category are limited to a maximum federal share of $600,000 per project.

Period of performance

• FP&S Activity: The period of performance for projects funded under the FP&S Activity is generally 12 months. Eligible applicants who propose complex projects may apply for up to a 24-month period of performance from the date of award.
• R&D Activity: The period of performance for projects proposed under the R&D Activity will be 12, 24, 36 or 48 months from the date of award.
• Projected Period of Performance End Date: Aug. 18, 2026 – Aug. 18, 2029 (will vary based on award date and activity type)

Eligible Entities/Entity Types

Only the following entities or entity types are eligible to apply:

Applicants FP&S Activity

Fire departments operating in any of the 50 states, as well as fire departments in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico1, or any federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization. A fire department is an agency or organization having a formally recognized arrangement with a state, local, tribal, or territorial authority (city, county, parish, fire district, township, town, or other governing body) to provide fire suppression to a population within a geographically fixed primary first due response area. National, regional, state, local, Tribal Nation and nonprofit interest organizations that are recognized for their experience and expertise in fire prevention and safety programs and activities are eligible applicants.

Both private and public nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for funding under this activity.

R&D Activity

National, state, local, federally recognized Tribal Nation and non-profit organizations, such as academic (e.g., universities), research foundations, public safety institutes, public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions.

Both private and public non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for funding in this activity. Fire departments are not eligible to apply for funding in this Activity.

Each activity has its own application and eligibility requirements, as further outlined in Appendix B – Programmatic Information and Priorities of the NOFO.

Allowable Project Types

FP&S Activity

The FP&S Activity is designed to reach high-risk target groups 2and mitigate the incidence of death and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards. The five project categories eligible for funding under this activity are:

1. Community Risk Reduction;
2. Wildfire Risk Reduction;
3. Code Enforcement/Awareness;
4. Origin and Cause Investigation; and
5. National/State/Regional Programs and Projects.

R&D Activity

The R&D Activity is aimed at improving firefighter safety, health, or well-being through research and development that reduces firefighter fatalities and injuries. The four project categories eligible for funding under this activity are:

• Clinical Studies;
• Technology and Product Development;
• Preliminary Studies; and
• Early Career Investigator.

What does FP&S do?

According to FEMA:

“The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program provides funding to eligible applicants seeking to strengthen community fire prevention programs and to support scientific research on innovations that improve firefighter safety, health, and well-being.”

FEMA FY 2023 FP&S Fact Sheet

Since the program’s first awards in FY 2002, the FP&S Grant Program has awarded approximately $852 million in grant funding. The program aims to:

• Provide critically needed resources
• Strengthen community fire prevention programs
• Enable scientific research on innovations that improve firefighter safety, health, and well-being

In a typical program award period, the FP&S Grant Program might award an estimated 100 eligible fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal, and non-profit organizations such as academic (e.g., universities), research foundations, public safety institutes, public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions for fire prevention programs and supporting firefighter health and safety research and development such as clinical studies that address behavioral, social science, and cultural research.

How to apply

Applicants must set up and maintain an active account in SAM.gov.

To apply for FP&S, use FEMA GO.