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2011 Workshop Schedule - Last Updated 06/03/2011

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Workshop Months

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• June Schedule
• July Schedule

General Workshop Information

• Registration is NOT necessary
• Each workshop is approximately 2 hours in length
• AFG Regional Representatives should be contacted with any questions regarding workshops in their region.
  Regional contacts and telephone numbers are available at www.fema.gov/firegrants/program/contact.shtm
• Workshops will be conducted by AFG regional representatives.
  All workshops utilize the same PowerPoint presentation material which can be accessed by clicking on the link(s) below:
  • FY 2011 AFG Workshop Presentation, (PPT, 5955 KB)
  • FY 2011 AFG Workshop Presentation, (PDF, 3740 KB)
• If new/additional workshops are scheduled and confirmed, they will be added to the posted schedule
• All workshops are conducted free of charge

Regions

• Region 1 Serving CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
• Region 2 Serving NJ, NY, PR, VI'
• Region 3 Serving DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV
• Region 4 Serving AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
• Region 5 Serving IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
• Region 6 Serving AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
• Region 7 Serving IA, KS, MO, NE
• Region 8 Serving CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
• Region 9 Serving AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, AS
• Region 10 Serving AK, ID, OR, WA

July 2011

Download FY 2011 Workshop Schedule (EXCEL, 77 KB)

*Please note, Excel download includes workshop schedules for all available months. Use tabs at the bottom of workbook to switch between each month.

AFG Funding

From  FDNN site - On Monday, February 1st, the Obama Administration released its Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal, detailing requested funding levels for programs and offices in the federal budget.
The approximately $3.8 trillion budget includes $45.6 billion for homeland security spending.  Although the proposal increases funding in some areas, it contains significant cuts to firefighter grant programs.  
The budget includes $305 million for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.  Although an increase from the $170 million contained in last year's budget proposal, the figure falls short of the $390 million appropriated by Congress for the current fiscal year.  The grant program, which received approximately $3.1 billion in requests in Fiscal Year 2009, provides funding for critical equipment, training, and apparatus directly to local fire departments.  It also provides grants for fire prevention and safety programs and firefighter health and safety research. Full Story HERE

FYI–AFG moved web site for grant applications

 

This in from the FEMA site for Assistance to Fire Fighters Grants Programs information.

Beginning on April 1, 2011, the web site where first responders apply for all Assistance to Fire Fighters Grants Programs will change its current web site address from www.firegrantsupport.com to the FEMA web site at www.fema.gov/firegrants.

We are working to make all information more easily accessible and more user friendly for first responders and having two different web portals for information just didn’t make sense.

All applications for FEMA’s fire grant programs including the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER), Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FP&S) and information on the Assistance to Firefighters Station Construction Grants (SCG) will now be located at www.fema.gov/firegrants.

We are working to make all information more easily accessible and more user friendly for first responders and having two different web portals for information just didn’t make sense.

All fire grants program documents, awards announcements, grants management workshops, success stories and program application reports and statistics will now be available at www.fema.gov/firegrants. In short, all the old info will be right there on the new site.

Please update your bookmarks for future fire grants applications.

Please visit us at www.fema.gov/firegrants.