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
Update from FEMA, January 2025: “The FY 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant and the Fire Prevention & Safety grant application period is expected to open in late January 2025.”
We’ll update details on dates, deadlines, and NOFO/grant guidelines once they’re available.
Application period opens
TBA
Application deadline
TBA
Questions about FP&S or your application?
Our grant consultants are here
Program information
FEMA FP&S grant documents center
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.
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.”
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.
Questions about FP&S or your application?
Our grant consultants are here