The State Farm® Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Grant opens in less than a week – next Wednesday, June 4. Just a friendly reminder to promote this opportunity to departments in your state. At least one winner is guaranteed in states with 10+ applicants. This year, states with 10 or more applicants will be guaranteed a […]

TAKE FREE TRAINING TO SUPPORT RESPONDER MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May and Safety Stand Down in June, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is offering all of its on-demand behavioral health courses free for a limited time. You can take these courses as an individual, or incorporate […]

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 […]

About Us | Members-Only Site | Member Benefits | Training | Events | ResourcesApril 1, 2025Top Stories Empowering Heroes: State Farm® and NVFC Team Up to Give $1 Million to Volunteer Firefighters State Farm® and the NVFC teamed up to launch the Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program in 2024. In the inaugural year, 100 volunteer […]

Membership and support enables the NVFC to represent volunteers like you on a national level and, at the local level, allows us to help you be your best for your community. Beginning January 2, 2025, there will be a slight increase in the cost of membership. We work to keep our dues as low as […]

Emergency Declaration Will Be Terminated on Monday, December 2 Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to the extensive nature of the critical fire weather conditions that Connecticut experienced over the last several weeks, he has signed an executive order (Executive Order No. 24-3) extending the deadline required under state law for volunteer fire departments […]