Volunteer Fire Grants

Volunteer Fire Grants

Grants for your fire department — you can apply for these yourself.

Straight, current guidance on funding gear, apparatus, training, and stations for small volunteer departments — every figure checked against FEMA and USDA's own sources. No stale directories, no made-up dollar amounts.

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Portal opens July 9 — first come, 600-app cap

The Firehouse Subs grant window opens July 9

One of the best equipment grants for a volunteer department opens its next quarterly window on July 9, 2026 at 10 a.m. ET — and it's first-come, capped at about 600 applications. The departments that win are the ones ready before it opens. Here's how to be ready.

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$291.6M
FEMA AFG for FY25 — gear, apparatus & training (AFG alone, NOT the $648M combined figure you'll see online)
Verified against FY25 AFG Notice of Funding Opportunity on
5% cash
the AFG cash match for departments serving 20,000 or fewer — one of the best deals in federal grants
Verified against FY25 AFG NOFO on
up to 75%
USDA grant share toward a fire truck or station for the smallest rural towns (≤5,000)
Verified against USDA Rural Development — Community Facilities on

What's here

Everything you need to find funding for volunteer fire departments

Grant guides

Program-by-program guides for volunteer fire departments, each figure verified to its primary source.

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The Three-Layer Map

A simple, repeatable path from "where do I even look" to a submitted application.

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Free checklist

The one-page prep list. Get every document ready before you apply.

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Questions, answered

Plain-English answers to what trips people up first.

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6 verified guides — every deadline and dollar figure checked against its primary source.

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Get matched when we launch

Stalwell is launching soon. Join the waitlist and we'll match your volunteer fire departments to funding the day it opens — no spam, one email.