The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is a competitive grant opportunity for local fire departments and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organizations that are not affiliated with a hospital. The AFG funds activities such as purchasing firefighting equipment, personal protection equipment, training, firefighting vehicles, and firefighter/first responder safety projects.
Each year the AFG regional staff conducts hundreds of workshops nationwide to provide up to date program information to applicants. On Wednesday, The workshops are scheduled and conducted by AFG regional representatives and offer current program information for any fire and/or EMS organization that wishes to submit a 2006 AFG application.
There is no admittance charge to any AFG workshop. The schedule will provide the locations, dates, times and points of contact for each workshop. If you are unable to attend a workshop offered in your area, the program office will also be providing on the AFG website an electronic copy of the PowerPoint presentation used at the workshops. In addition, by mid-February, the applicant tutorial, the FY 2006 AFG Program Guidance, and a list of FAQ's will be available on the website. During the application period, there will be an expanded help desk at 1-866-274-0960 and at FIREGRANTS@DHS.GOV.
General Information

o Each workshop is approximately 2 hours in length.
o Each workshop content is the same, so if you are not able to attend a workshop in your area you are welcome to attend any scheduled Fire Grants workshop.
o AFG Regional Representatives should be contacted with any questions regarding workshops in their region. Regional contacts and telephone numbers are available here.
The presentation used during these regional workshops is available as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. You can download the presentation at:
http://www.firegrantsupport.com/afg/presentation.aspx

The following workshops are confirmed for March in Texas:

3/6/2006 10:00 am Jacksboro TX Jacksboro
Twin Lakes Center
114 Hwy 59 Chief Jeremy Jennings (940) 567-2883 jfdjennings@sbcglobal.net 3/6/2006 06:30 pm Seymore TX Seymore
Portwood Pavilion
800 E Morris St Chief Randy Coltharp (940) 889-3344 coltharp@dtnspeed.net 3/7/2006 06:30 pm Wichita Falls TX Wichita Falls Fire Department
710 N Flood Street
Captain Roger Richie (940) 720-5032 roger.richie@cwftx.net 3/7/2006 10:00 am Vernon TX Vernon Fire Department
1830 Main Street Capt Kent Smead (940) 553-1782 kentsmead@firehousemail.com 3/8/2006 10:00 am Gainesville TX Gainesville Fire Department
201 Santa Fe Tamera (940) 668-7777 gfd@gvps.org 3/8/2006 06:30 pm Paris TX Paris Fire Department
Station 1
1444 N Main Vand Woodard, Training Officer (903) 784-9226 v.woodard@ci.paris.tx.us 3/10/2006 10:00 am Greenville TX Fletcher Warren Civic Center
(Greenville Civic Center)
5501 S. Bus. Hwy 69 Asst. Chief Steve Thompson (903) 457-2943 sthompson@ci.greenville.tx.us