FY 2024 SAFER and FY 2024 FP&S Notices of Funding NOW AVAILABLE! The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) formally announce the availability of funding to potential applicants. The notices also include pertinent program information such as important […]

Comptroller Sean Scanlon today joined Connecticut fire service leaders to observe International Firefighters Day and to release the Office of the State Comptroller’s (OSC) Special Examination on Firefighters in Connecticut. The report outlines an extensive survey conducted by OSC to assess the number of fire departments and firefighters—both career and volunteer—in Connecticut, as well as […]

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law legislation making several updates to the Connecticut Firefighters Cancer Relief Program, including adding skin cancer to the types of cancer covered under the program, and modifying the language governing its eligibility to make it clear that all firefighters statewide have access to the program, […]

4/14/2025 (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Comptroller Sean Scanlon today announced that effective May 1, 2025, the State of Connecticut is expanding the benefits it provides to firefighters to include free, enhanced cancer screenings. This new benefit comes in response to evidence that firefighters, due to their repeated exposure to smoke, toxic chemicals, […]

The NVFC is excited to release the following announcements. Please share with your audience. The 2025 State Farm Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program application period will be open from June 4-6. A total of $1.5 million will be awarded to eligible volunteer fire departments – 150 departments will each receive a $10,000 grant to help […]