• Virginia Public Safety Foundation Launches Fundraising Campaign to Build Commonwealth Public Safety Memorial

  
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Announcements

2010 Needs Assessment Survey Collection is Now Open!

The 2010 Virginia Fire Service Needs Assessment Survey is now open and completed responses are due from fire departments on September 27, 2010. Please contact Dwight E. Crews, Information and Statistics Manager, at 804-249-1989 for more information or if you need your survey password.

As of 8/30/2010, there were 64 completed responses with the needs assessment out of a total of 637 fire departments.

Nominations for the Governor’s Fire Service Awards are now being accepted!

Everyone is encouraged to submit nominations for the Governor’s 2010 Virginia Fire Services Award program. Nominations must be typed or handwritten, in a legible manner, on the attached nomination form. Nomination packages must be postmarked by December 31, 2010. There will be no exceptions and no facsimiles will be accepted.

Questions should be directed to Mrs. Brook Pittinger, Director of Administration: brook.pittinger@vdfp.virginia.gov; 804/ 371-0220 or toll-free 1866-4VAFIRE.

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program - Application Period Opens August 17

This serves as notification that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is releasing grant guidance and application materials under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant Program (SAFER). The application period for the FY 2010 SAFER Program will open on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. EDT and will close on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The FY 2010 SAFER Guidance and application materials will be available at www.firegrantsupport.com.

Grant Announcements

VDFP announces available grant funding for localities to cover technology costs to participate in the Virginia Fire Incident Reporting System (VFIRS). Applications must be postmarked by August 31, 2010!

VDFP announces available grant funding for the Training Mini Grant for activities-projects and programs that positively impact and/or further fire service training with the Commonwealth . Applications must be postmarked by September 30, 2010!