Fire Prevention and Safety Grants Announced

June 1, 2007
This round awards 25 grants totaling more than $1.1 million.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the next round of FY 2006 Fire Prevention and Safety grants, awarding 25 grants totaling almost $1.2 million to fire departments and fire prevention organizations throughout the United States.

Under the FY 2006 program, DHS will award approximately 300 awards totaling $27 million to fire departments and other eligible organizations to reduce losses from fire and fire-related hazards. Grant projects focus on preventing fire-related injuries to children, seniors, firefighters and other high-risk groups. The grant program also supports innovative fire prevention solutions and research on improving firefighter health and safety.

The grant program awards support projects in two categories:

  • Fire prevention and safety, such as public education, arson prevention/awareness, code enforcement/awareness, wildfire prevention/education, juvenile fire setter intervention, burn prevention, media/PR campaigns, sprinkler awareness, or smoke alarm distribution.

  • Firefighter safety research and development, such as data collection and analysis projects; sociological projects and problem-focused technology studies that address firefighter safety, wellness, fitness or health.

The Fire Prevention and Safety grants are part of AFG, a competitive program administered by the DHS Office of Grants and Training that awards one-year grants directly to fire departments nationwide in an effort to give every department the basic tools needed to respond to all hazards.

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