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Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program
Office of Grants and Training
Department of Homeland Security
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
1-866-274-0960 (Help Desk)
firegrantsupport.com
This Web site is presented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Preparedness Directorate's Office of Grants and Training in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is a competitive grant opportunity for local fire departments and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organizations that are not affiliated with a hospital. The AFG funds activities such as purchasing firefighting equipment, personal protection equipment, training, firefighting vehicles, and firefighter/first responder safety projects.

Chief Grants
chiefsupply.com/grants/
A free service from CHIEF, Cheif Grants help public safety professionals meet today's funding challenges. Cheif Grants provides grant writing seminars, grant news and events, open grants, grant writing resources, expert grant consultants and tips & training for grant writers.

FireGrants.info
Run by Cisco Systems
25 Canterbury Road, Suite 201
Rochester, NY 14607
585-473-1430
firegrants.info
Site providing information, tips, and updates to help make grantseekers more successful at obtaining funds for their fire departments through the 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program.

The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue/16th Street
New York, NY 10003-3076
Tel: (212) 620-4230 or (800) 424-9836
Fax: (212) 807-3677
fdncenter.org
Founded in 1956, the Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Foundation Center collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy as well as provides education and training on the grantseeking process.

Grants.gov
200 Independence Avenue, SW
HHH Building, Room 739F
Washington, DC 20201 800-518-4726
grants.gov
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant-making agencies.

Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program
U.S. Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
400 7th St., S.W.
Washington, DC 20590
hazmat.dot.gov/training/state/hmep/hmep.htm
The Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant program is intended to provide financial and technical assistance as well as national direction and guidance to enhance State, Territorial, Tribal, and local hazardous materials emergency planning and training. The HMEP Grant Program distributes fees collected from shippers and carriers of hazardous materials to emergency responders for hazmat training and to Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) for hazmat planning.

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
PO Drawer 498
Emmitsburg MD 21727
301.447.1365
firehero.org/index.aspx?LOBID=567
The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America’s fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the tax-exempt, nonprofit Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor our fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers.

Volunteer Fire Assistance
USDA Forest Service
Fire and Aviation Management
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090-6090
fs.fed.us/fire/partners/vfa/
The Volunteer Fire Assistance Program (VFA), formerly known as the Rural Community Fire Protection (RCFP) Program, can provide Federal financial, technical, and other assistance to State Foresters and other appropriate officials to organize, train and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities to suppress fires. A rural community is defined as having 10,000 or less population. This 10,000 population limit for participation in the VFA Program facilitates distribution of available VFA funding to the most needy fire departments.