Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

Kruger, Lennard G.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Fires;    Fire fighters;    Fire departments;    Budgets;   

RP-ID  :  RL32341
RP-ID  :  RL32341_2009Jun18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, also known as fire grants or the FIRE Act grant program, was established by the FY2001 National Defense Authorization Act. The fire grant program is now in its ninth year. Over $4.8 billion has been appropriated to the fire grant program since FY2001. This report discusses the inception of this program, as well as current supplemental legislation and proposed funding, which is already projected to provoke negative criticism from the fire community for being inadequate.