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