The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has created an online resource center to help volunteer fire departments write successful narratives with their applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The AFG provides equipment, apparatus, and training to fire departments across the country to help them meet basic needs. SAFER provides funding to hire firefighters as well as recruit and retain volunteers.
Each year, the funding requested by fire departments is many times greater than the amount available. The application process is extremely competitive and many worthy applications go unfunded. Many departments that cannot afford to hire a grant writer or send someone from their department to one of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) grant writing workshops have failed to receive a grant because of the quality of their applications. These tend to be small volunteer departments that have few resources and need additional funding the most.
In order to assist these departments, the NVFC has posted copies of narratives from successful past grant applications on our web site. These narratives are extremely useful examples for departments that have significant need but have had trouble expressing it in past applications. In addition to the model narratives, the NVFC has posted a grant-writing guide created by DHS.
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