Opportunity Information: Apply for DHS 16 GPD 083 000 99
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), specifically within FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate. The purpose of the program is to strengthen a community's capacity to respond to fires and other emergencies by helping fire departments keep enough trained personnel on the front line. In practical terms, SAFER is designed to address staffing shortfalls that can reduce response capability, increase safety risks, and strain existing personnel.
SAFER provides financial assistance to support staffing-related needs in several common situations. Funding may be used to increase the number of frontline firefighters, rehire firefighters who were previously laid off, retain firefighters who are at imminent risk of being laid off, or fill positions that became vacant through attrition. The central idea is that departments often know they need more people (or need to avoid losing people), but local budgets can make hiring and retention difficult; SAFER is intended to bridge that gap so departments can maintain adequate staffing levels for emergency response.
The program supports two main activity categories. The first is the Hiring of Firefighters, which focuses on adding or restoring paid frontline staffing capacity. The second is Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters, which recognizes that many communities rely heavily on volunteer departments and need resources to attract new volunteers and keep existing volunteers engaged and available. Together, these two categories allow the program to serve a wide range of department models, from career to combination to volunteer organizations, based on local staffing realities.
Eligible applicants include county governments and city or township governments, along with other applicants as described in the opportunity's eligibility guidance. Awards are made in grant form. This particular notice lists an expected total of about 300 awards. The listing also shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates the ceiling is not stated in this summary record and applicants should refer to the full notice of funding opportunity for detailed funding limits, cost rules, and allowable budget items.
The legal authority for SAFER comes from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2229a et seq.). Applicants are expected to rely on the official notice of funding opportunity for the detailed application requirements, how applications are processed, and how they are evaluated. That document is where FEMA lays out the specific program rules for both hiring-related requests and volunteer recruitment and retention proposals, including what information must be submitted, what costs are eligible, and what criteria reviewers use to score and rank applications.
For reference, the opportunity is identified as "Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants" with funding opportunity number DHS-16-GPD-083-000-99 and CFDA number 97.083. The record shows a creation date of January 3, 2017, and an original closing date of February 10, 2017, indicating the application window associated with this specific posting.Apply for DHS 16 GPD 083 000 99
- The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security - FEMA in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.083.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 03, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 10, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 300 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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