IAFF – Preparing for a COVID-19 Economy

States and local governments are already feeling the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many affiliates are hearing from their jurisdictions about staffing and other cuts as the economic downturn is expected to hit municipal governments harder than the...

SAFER Application Period Opens February 15

The Fiscal Year 2018 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) application period opens Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. and closes on March 22, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. (ET). There is $345 million available in federal grants to add fire fighters to...