Don't chase these
Fire-grant listings that are dead or stale
Fire-grant directories are full of programs that ended, systems that retired, and old brand names. Here are the ones we see most — with the facts — so you don't waste time on a dead link.
Fireman's Fund Heritage Program
DiscontinuedStill listed in fire-grant directories, but the Fireman's Fund insurance brand was wound down and absorbed by Allianz around 2015. There is no active grant program — last verifiable awards were in the early 2010s.
Verified against Fireman's Fund brand history (Allianz) onNFIRS (as a reporting or grant-readiness requirement)
RenamedThe National Fire Incident Reporting System went offline in February 2026. It's been replaced by NERIS. Any guide telling you to 'get into NFIRS' is outdated — onboard to NERIS, which is also an AFG award condition.
Verified against USFA — NFIRS Sunset on'DuPont's Globe Gear Giveaway'
ChangedThe program is alive and worth applying for — but the fiber partner is now Arclin (which holds the Nomex/Kevlar trademarks), not DuPont. Articles crediting 'DuPont' are stale branding. Apply through the NVFC.
Verified against National Volunteer Fire Council — Globe Gear Giveaway onFire-grant lists age badly: insurance-company programs get wound down, reporting systems get replaced, and old corporate partners keep getting credited years later. This page corrects the ones we run into most.
There’s a bigger lesson here — The Live-or-Dead Check from our framework. Even FEMA’s own SAFER program page still shows last year’s cycle as current. So for federal fire grants, trust the dates on Grants.gov and FEMA GO, not the agency’s landing page. And note: there is no open FEMA fire-grant window right now — FY25 AFG/SAFER/FP&S all closed June 22, 2026, so any page implying an open window before the FY26 notice (projected spring 2027) is wrong.
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