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  • FEMA Announces First 72 Fire Grant Awards

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA) have announced today the first 72 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards. The USFA is a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    Article • July 11th, 2002

  • Departments Share Elation on First Round of Grant Announcements

    Fire officials around the country were elated Thursday after the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the United States Fire Administration announced the first round of the 2002 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards.

    Article • July 11th, 2002

  • Marion City, Ohio Awarded Grant for Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety

    U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) has announced the Marion City Fire Department will receive $82,125 as part of his Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act, which provides competitive grants to assist local fire departments.

    Article • July 10th, 2002

  • Grant Awards Become A Waiting Game

    It is a waiting game that is tough on fire departments and grant writers. FIRE Act grant recipients, and those who were not awarded grants, are waiting on pins and needles to find out either way.

    Article • July 3rd, 2002

  • FEMA/USFA To Begin Initial Awards

    The public announcement of FIRE Act grant recipients will not begin until about July 8.

    Article • June 25th, 2002

  • Countdown: USFA Planning First Fire Grant Notifications

    Fire departments can start to read about those who submitted successful FIRE Act Grant applications in eight to ten days according to Marko Bourne, US Fire Administration (USFA) Executive Assistant for Communications and Protocol.

    Article • June 19th, 2002

  • Fire Service Peers Review 9,200 'Competitive' Apps

    The United States Fire Administration (USFA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program has completed the panel review process of applications and will now begin to fund the top applications.

    Article • May 16th, 2002

  • Grants: More Depts Request Less Money

    About 1,000 more fire departments applied for grants this, over last. Details on the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program applications are being digested at FEMA headquarters and some of the numbers are in.

    Article • April 12th, 2002

  • USFA Says Time to Submit, 13K In So Far

    The United States Fire Administration (USFA) is encouraging fire departments to complete and submit their on-line applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, April 5, 2002.

    Article • April 4th, 2002

  • FEMA Looks At 26,000 Possible Applications

    FEMA's 2002 Assistance to Firefighters grant program had received just over 9000 completed applications by 9:30 a.m. Monday.

    Article • April 1st, 2002

  • FEMA Works To Fix Grant Application Problems

    FIRE Act grant application administrators at FEMA/USFA are saying a major overhaul Wednesday to the software allowing electronic filing, should alleviate some of the problems applicants have been facing.

    Article • March 28th, 2002

  • Deadline Extended for Current Applications to April 5

    Due to the popularity of FEMA's 2002 Assistance to Firefighters grant program, the volume of electronic traffic to the site has caused some access problems.

    Article • March 27th, 2002

  • Over 18,000 Grants Applications Working

    At the end of the day Monday, USFA had 18,016 FIRE Act grant applications in progress, fire departments registered and filling in the data and writing out the narratives.

    Article • March 19th, 2002

  • USFA Announces Extension of Technical Assistance Helpline Hours

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced today that the hours of its toll-free Helpline have been extended to include Sundays.

    Article • March 8th, 2002

  • Ridge Supports Grants Program

    International Association of Fire Chiefs Release: Tom Ridge, Director of the U.S. Office of Homeland Security met with the IAFC Terrorism Committee last Friday at the White House to brief the fire chiefs on the administration's efforts to prepare the...

    Article • March 4th, 2002

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