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Oct. 26—INDIANA — Eighty rural and volunteer fire departments from 50 counties have been awarded more than $351,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants. The awards, which were recently ...
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The Fire Grants and Safety Act, sponsored by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., passed the Senate, 88-2, at the end of June. The bill authorizes $750 million for grant programs and ...
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, America Burning. [1] The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious injuries and $11.4 billion in property damage annually in the United States, asserting that "the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the ...
The program has been known as RAISE since 2021, and has awarded 90 projects across 47 states plus the District of Columbia and Guam in 2021, 166 projects across 50 states and various territories in 2022, and 162 projects across 50 states and various territories in 2023. [11] In 2023, the program received $2.2 billion in federal funding. [12]
In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.
The grants range from $350 for vents that help block embers and flames, to $2,200 toward a more fire-resistant roof. Such measures, known as fire hardening, help homes and businesses withstand ...
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.