Recently, the 2018 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program opened and closed within a 29-day period. There was approximately a 10-day notice before the grant period opened. Were you prepared or were you one of those who spent the entire period complaining about how quickly the program opened and closed?
If I had a dollar for every complaint, I heard during the 2018 AFG grant period, I would be a rich man right now. Doesn’t FEMA realize that October is Fire Prevention month? Don’t they know that my state grant is due this month? Doesn’t FEMA realize that there were two hurricanes? And on and on the complaints went.
Believe me, FEMA realizes all those things and more. The real question is, when are potential applicants going to realize that there is no reason for them to be surprised by grant openings and closings?