How to Save the Health and Safety of Your Firefighters By Using the AFG Grants
An important federal grants program that was ordered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after we were attacked: The Assistance to Fire Fighters Grants (AFG). This program from DHS is administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and it is also commonly called the AFG Fire Grants.
The United States government is giving out $565 million to fire departments that fulfill the proper requirements and that write a winning AFG Fire Grants Application. Wherever you live in the USA your life and property are being protected by your nearby fire department and you can do your fire department a very big favor by making sure that they are taking advantage of this free federal grant money. Please call you local fire chief and ask if they are aware of this program and refer them to the website linked to in this article. This is absolutely legitimate and there is no charge for this free information.
The goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants is to meet the firefighting and emergency response requirements of fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical services organizations. Across our great nation most fire departments and EMS organizations are eligible for free government grants money through FEMA.
There are several great articles on www.AFGgrants.com that explain the requirements on how to apply for this free federal grant money. You will also find links to free help in filling out the application. All types of fire departments large and small, paid or volunteer departments are eligible to apply for the free grant money.
One area of Health and Safety to consider is to install a filter system on the exhausts of diesel fire trucks and other diesel apparatus. The fire trucks are running for long periods of time while in service at a fire, and when the trucks are operated inside the firehouse for maintenance, noxious gasses and dangerous particulate matter are released. The NO SMOKE diesel exhaust filter described on this website may also be paid for with the AFG grants money. A report issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment (OEHHA) describes in great detail about the health hazards of diesel exhaust.
Diesel engines have become the most widely used portable power source in recent years. A NO SMOKE filter will protect your firefighters and the public. There is nothing more important than the Health and Safety of our wonderful firefighters.
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