Round #13 AFG Awards Announced

Jan. 19, 2007
This round awards 60 grants worth nearly $5 million.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced awards for the Fiscal Year 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Round 13, awarding 60 grants to fire departments throughout the United States. Round 13 will distribute nearly $5 million.

Announcements are planned for every Friday through the end of the year at approximately 6 a.m. There are approximately 5,000 grants worth $485-490 million to be awarded.

The AFG is 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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