Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: May 18, 2026

Archive date: July 22, 2026

Close date: June 22, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362440

Opportunity number: DHS-25-GPD-044-00-98

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Department of Homeland Security - FEMA

Agency code: DHS-DHS

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $9,000,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Other
Eligible Applicants
  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Others
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Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:dhs_dhs
  • category_of_funding_activity:other
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
  • eligible_applicants:county_governments
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
  • eligible_applicants:nonprofits_having_a_501_c_3_status_with_the_irs_other_than_institutions_of_higher_education
  • eligible_applicants:others
  • funding_instrument_type:grant
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program
The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.
[Forecasted] Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program
Forecasted
Department of Homeland Security - FEMA
Other
Grant
County governments
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others
2026-05-18