Deadline: 3/22/2019
Amount: unspecified
Description:
The purpose of this program is to assist local fire departments with staffing and deployment capabilities in order to respond to emergencies and assure that communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Awards will assist in increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection, and to fulfill the traditional missions of fire departments. Awarded recipients must achieve more efficient responses and safer incident scenes, thereby ensuring communities have improved protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Award recipients must also maintain operational staffing at the level that existed at the time of award, in addition to those positions funded through this program. With enhanced staffing levels, awarded applicants should experience a reduction in response times and an increase in the number of trained personnel assembled at an incident scene.