Happy New Year, SAFER Extension until January 15th and Recent Grant Wins

Here's to a new year and new decade of grants for the fire and ems teams!!

Just when we all thought the SAFER grants would be due on December 18th (and I thought I would have a quiet Holiday) FEMA decided to extend the deadline to January 15th.

I spoke with one department who submitted their application on December 17th and they were only application #341 on the list of departments submitting the grant. Compare this with AFG who sees applications in the 15,000 range there was certainly a barrier to entry for many departments. I would love to hear if your department is planning on applying for this grant for this cycle? Feel free to comment below or send me an email to sarah.wilson@firegrantshelp.com.

In other recent funding news, the South and Northeast Greene County fire departments in Arkansas were awarded $5,500 in Rural Fire Protection grants. These two departments will use the grants to purchase new equipment such as hydrant valves, nozzles and drop tanks.

The Shelby Fire Department in Mansfield OH was A $1,565 grant from FM Global Cleveland Operations will provide a year's worth of fire prevention materials for the Shelby Fire Department. Shelby FD will use the grant money for 640 coloring books, stickers, 300 plastic fire helmets, 5,500 fliers, 90 smoke detectors and 48 batteries. Way to go Shelby!

Has your department won a grant a lately? I would love to hear about it. Send me your comments or post below.