Grant Awards
Direct Distribution Funding for PPE
Departments Awarded in the 2023 Direct Distribution of PPE Process
Firefighter Safety and Disease Prevention Grant
The Firefighter Safety and Disease Prevention Grant (FFSDP) provides funding or reimbursement for equipment designed to increase firefighter safety and prevent occupation-related diseases. The Grant was created through Senate Bill 14-046 in 2014. It provided 2 years of funding which ended in 2016. This includes $325,000 each in State Fiscal Years 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 from the Federal Mineral Lease (FML) revenues, totaling $6.5 million.
House Bill 18-1423 provided a one time funds transfer of $250,000 in Fiscal Year 2018 to 2019 from the General Fund to the Local Firefighter Safety and Disease Prevention Fund. This covered two state fiscal years: 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020. Additional funding of $500,000 was provided in the 2019 Long Bill (SB 19-207) for awards in calendar year 2020 to 2021.
Grants are limited to a maximum of $20,000 per fire department or Sheriff's Office.
Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant (VFA)
The Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program’s purpose is to provide Federal financial, technical, and other assistance to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control (DFPC). It provides these resources so DFPC can organize, train, and equip fire departments in rural areas and rural communities. This helps these fire departments to prevent and suppress fires. A single fire department serving a rural area or a rural community with a population of 10,000 or less is eligible for VFA funding (The community may be incorporated, unincorporated, a township or some other identifiable descriptor). A single community fire department serving a population greater than 10,000 and not providing protection to a rural area or to a rural community is not eligible for VFA financial assistance.