Applications for the Fiscal Year 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 4. Interested applicants can access the application through the AFG web site at www.firegrantsupport.com, the U.S. Fire Administration's web site at www.usfa.fema.gov, and at Grants.gov.
Interested applicants may submit two separate applications for consideration under each of the program areas: Operations and Safety Program Area and Vehicle Acquisition Program Area. The FY 2008 AFG also allows eligible applicants to submit an additional application for a regional project through which multiple organizations, serving more than one local jurisdiction, may benefit directly from the activities implemented with grant funds. Learn more at www.firegrantsupport.com.
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has an online AFG Grant Narrative Resource Center fire and EMS departments can use as a guide when applying for AFG. The Resource Center includes successful grant narratives from past years as well as a grant-writing guide created by DHS. Applicants should use the posted narratives as a reference only. DHS uses software to detect language recurring in multiple grant applications. Submitting an application that includes false information is a crime punishable by law.
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