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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 15, 2026 · due Dec 15, 2026
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 18
Fire departments serving populations under 10,000 can apply for a wildland fire suppression kit of protective gear and hand tools worth about $3,000. Departments must be legally organized and have a current memorandum of understanding with the Division of...
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Federal
Department of Homeland Security - FEMA · Department of Homeland Security · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 18 – Jun 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Tennessee groups like yours (fire or rescue department) have won this program
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 139
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate implements and administers the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants. SAFER grants provide financial assistance to...
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Private
Firefighters Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This foundation gives small grants to fire departments and safety groups. Money can buy firefighting gear, start an AED program, install smoke alarms, or run a youth fire-setting prevention program. Apply with one online form.
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Private
Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jun 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This foundation helps fire departments buy personal safety systems that let firefighters escape from high windows. Grants are up to $25,000 a year and are paid to the vendor. Departments in need across the U.S. can apply.
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Federal
Department of Homeland Security - FEMA · Department of Homeland Security · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 18 – Jun 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1.5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Grants Programs Directorate is responsible for the implementation and administration of the Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grant Program. The purpose of the FP&S...
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Federal
Interior Business Center · Department of the Interior · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 22 – Mar 23, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $10K – $249K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 1
Wildfire activity is increasing. Drought and prolonged, increased temperatures are creating conditions that allow wildfires to start earlier in the year, enable them to last longer, and make them more difficult to control. Increasingly intense wildfires...
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Corporate
MSA Safety with DuPont and the National Volunteer Fire Council · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Feb 24 – Jun 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Volunteer fire departments can win four sets of new turnout gear and helmets. Thirteen departments won in 2026. The program usually opens in late winter.
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Corporate
Tennessee American Water · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ! Local program: Hamilton County
Small annual grants for professional and volunteer fire departments serving Tennessee American Water's service area, covering protective gear, communications and firefighting or water-handling equipment, and training. Regional or countywide applications...
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Utility / co-op
Mountain Electric Cooperative (Operation Pocket Change) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ✓ Open to: Volunteer fire or rescue department
- ! Local program: Carter County, Johnson County, Unicoi County
Mountain Electric members' round-up donations fund one-time grants to charitable groups in the co-op's area for specific projects or equipment, such as gear for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads, youth programs, and food or clothing programs....
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