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Fire Station Building Grants

It costs millions of dollars to build or upgrade fire stations, but departments and cities can access grants from the federal government to help pay for the construction. Programs such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provide money to build stations as a way to stimulate the economy through construction work and to improve neighborhood communities.

  1. FEMA Stimulus Grants

    • The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants program offers the Station Construction Grant. The station grant program, which began as a separate affiliated grant of the assistance to firefighter's grant program, awarded an average of about $1.7 million to its recipients in its first year. Fire departments can use the money to upgrade current stations as well as build new ones. The Department of Homeland Security offers the grants through FEMA by using stimulus money from the Recovery Act.

      U.S. Department of Homeland Security

      800 K St., N.W.

      Washington, D.C. 20472

      866-274-0960

      firegrantsupport.com

    USDA Rural Development

    • The United States Department of Agriculture Office of Rural Development pays up to 75 percent of a project's costs with Community Facility grants. The department issues the grants to communities with 20,000 or fewer people that need to build new public buildings, including fire stations. The USDA bases grant amounts upon communities' median incomes and the availability of funding.

      USDA Rural Development

      Mail Stop 0107

      1400 Independence Ave., SW

      Washington, DC 20250

      202-720-4581

      rurdev.usda.gov

    HUD Block Grants

    • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers millions of dollars in Community Development Block Grants. HUD intends to help improve urban areas by providing them with funding to develop and improve low- to moderate-income areas. Communities can use the money, which HUD issues on a formula basis, to provide services, buy land and build public facilities, which include fire stations.

      U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

      451 7th St., S.W.

      Washington, D.C. 20410

      202-708-1112

      hud.gov

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