Application Period to Open: Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to Firefighter Grants

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FYI

Application Period to Open: Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to Firefighter

Grants

The Department of Homeland Security has posted the FY2009 Assistance to

Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program Guidance on the AFG Website. The application

period is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 8:00 a.m.

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Applications for these grants must be received

by Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Nationally, the AFG awards, which will be distributed in phases, will

ultimately provide approximately $510 million to fire departments and

nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations throughout the country.

AFG

awards aim to enhance response capabilities and to more effectively protect

the health and safety of the public with respect to fire and other hazards.

The grants enable local fire departments and emergency medical services

organizations to purchase or receive training, conduct first responder health

and safety programs, and buy equipment and response vehicles.

An applicant tutorial is available through the _www.firegrantsupport.com_

(http://www.firegrantsupport.com/afg/) website. The tutorial provides you

with valuable grant information and will walk you through the preparation

and submittal of competitive applications. In addition, the applicant

tutorial will provide an overview of the funding priorities and evaluation

criteria. Applicants who have questions regarding the Assistance to

Firefighters

Grants opportunity should contact the help desk at 1- or at

_firegrants@..._ (mailto:firegrants@...) . During the application

period, the help desk will operate Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

(EDT), but is prepared to revise hours of operation based on volume and

demand.

The AFG Program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security

(DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate

in coordination with the U.S. Fire Administration.

For access to the FY09 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Guidance or

FAQs - visit _www.firegrantsupport.com/afg/_

(http://www.firegrantsupport.com/afg/) .

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection Consultant

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