Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program

US · unknown Department of Homeland Security - FEMA grant open #DHS-25-GPD-083-00-99

Response due Jun 22, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

Summary

The FY 2025 SAFER Grant Program, administered by FEMA under the Department of Homeland Security, provides federal grant funding to help fire departments and first-responder organizations recruit, hire, and retain firefighters and emergency response personnel. The program is designed to ensure that communities maintain adequate staffing levels for fire and emergency response. This is a synopsis/notice posting on Grants.gov, with an open period running from May 18 to June 22, 2026.

What they want

Technical requirements

Applicants must be fire departments or first-responder organizations seeking to recruit, hire, or retain firefighting personnel
Full program requirements to be detailed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) associated with number DHS-25-GPD-083-00-99

How they evaluate

Submission: Grants.gov federal grants portal (online submission)

Risks & flags

Opportunity number references FY 2025 but open/close dates fall in 2026 — potential data entry discrepancy or delayed posting worth verifying before investing proposal effort
Minimal scope detail provided in synopsis — full program guidance (NOFO) should be obtained from Grants.gov or FEMA before drawing conclusions about eligibility or requirements

Market context

inferred from NAICS

Public Administration

NAICS 922160

US market size: n/a — buyer side
Typical award: n/a

Typical buyers

Internal

Sector-level estimate — full code lookup not yet in catalog.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Staffing for Adequat…

Due Jun 22

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