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FIRE / SAFER Reauthorization
The Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs are
among the most efficient federal grant programs, and have provided
significant resources to help local fire departments afford critically-needed
equipment and training, as well as add additional fire fighters to their ranks. Despite the programs' success, improvements are needed to ensure that
federal funding is spent in a way that maximizes the benefit to public safety
and that grants are distributed more equitably among fire departments.
The FIRE and SAFER grant programs are
due to be reauthorized during the 111th Congress. The IAFF is
intimately involved in discussions with Congress on ways to improve the
programs' effectiveness and ensure that communities with the greatest need can use
them to their best advantage.
For more
information about the FIRE and SAFER grant programs and efforts to improve the
programs, click here:
Fact Sheet
Learn
more about the need to reauthorize the FIRE and SAFER grant programs:
Key Points
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House Action
On July 8, 2009, the House
Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing on reauthorizing the
FIRE and SAFER grant programs.
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On October 13, 2009, H.R. 3791 was introduced in
the U.S. House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Science and
Technology. Read
More...
On
October 14, 2009, the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation approved
H.R. 3791 with an amendment by voice vote.
On
October 21, 2009, the House Committee on Science and Technology approved H.R.
3791 with an amendment by voice vote.
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Senate Action
The Senate Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will begin drafting legislation to
reauthorize the FIRE and SAFER grant programs in the near future.
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