Assistance program
National Fire Academy Training Assistance
$36.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Department of
- Assistance
- Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 97.018
- What it does
- To provide travel stipends (up to 75 percent of the expense of attendance) to fire service, emergency medical services, and emergency managers attending National Fire Academy (NFA) courses at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This assistance is provided by Public Law 93-498, Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. NFA curricula and programs are designed to support State and local response agencies to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, and respond to local, regional and national emergencies. Cost sharing for student attendance at NETC supports Goal 5 of the DHS Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 20-24, Strengthen Preparedness and Resilience; and Goal 3 of the FEMA Strategic Plan for FY 2022-2026, Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation. NFA has a performance measure in place to measure the percentage of supervisors of students trained who believe their staff are better prepared as a result of NFA training. For FY 2022, 93.3% of supervisors reported their staff was better prepared for natural and man-made emergencies.
- Who benefits
- Student or sponsoring organization.
- Who applies
- Sponsored organization, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans), Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals). Any student who is a member of a fire department or has significant responsibility for fire prevention and control and has been accepted into an eligible course at NFA may apply for stipend reimbursement. Federal or private industry employees or foreign students may be accepted into NFA courses but are not eligible for stipend reimbursement.
- Authorized by
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Program site
- http://www.usfa.fema.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Recipients
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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Direct payments