Information can be downloaded
The 2004 edition of the Assistance to Fire Fighting Program Guidance Booklet is available on-line, the Michigan Association of Fire Fighters is reminding agencies.

This publication can be downloaded by fire departments planning to apply to the Assistance to Fire Fighting Grant Program (AFGP). It was released by the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Domestic Preparedness and the US Fire Administration.

The Program Guidance Booklet provides applicants with insight into the priorities that have been established for assistance, as well as the kinds of activities that are eligible in the 2004 Fire Grant application period, which opened March 1.

Potential applicants are encouraged to carefully review the guidance facts and compare their department's needs and circumstances with the program's priorities. This will provide a guide for defining their competitive application in the process.

Applications listing needs that best reflect the priorities will have a better chance of receiving assistance through the 2004 Fire Act Program.

Other documents, such as The Final Rule, Notice of Funds Availability and Frequently Asked Questions are being posted on the Internet as they become available.

Following are examples of departments that will be receiving grant money:

• Commerce Township FD - for fire operations and fire fighter
  safety: $21,600
• Grosse Pointe Farms PSD - for fire operations and fire fighter
  safety: $90,000
• Sterling Area FD - for fire operations and fire fighter
  safety: $67,500
• Woodhaven FD - for fire operations and fire fighter
  safety: $36,000
• Sterling Heights FD - for fire operations and fire fighter
  safety: $15,096
• Green Oak Township FD - for emergency medical services:   $45,652