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STOW — The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that 266 municipal fire departments will receive $1.9 million in grants to fund fire and life safety education for children and older adults, setting a new record for the Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) and Senior SAFE programs. The previous record of 253 communities was set in FY 2018.
“For more than 25 years, the S.A.F.E. grant program has provided hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts students with fire and life safety lessons that last a lifetime,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “We are glad that this year’s awards will support consistent, statewide, professional safety education in a record number of communities.”
The average number of children who die in fires annually has dropped by nearly 80% since the S.A.F.E. program began in FY 1996, and Massachusetts recently went nearly three years without losing a child to fire. The Senior SAFE program was launched in FY 2014, funding fire safety education for another vulnerable population – seniors, who face a disproportionate risk of dying in a fire at home.
“The Senior SAFE grants support home visits, smoke and CO alarm installations, and fire safety presentations delivered by firefighters in partnership with service providers,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “Theis valuable program gives older adults the tools, knowledge, and strategies to stay safe and independent at home.”
This year’s awards will provide $1,103,488 in S.A.F.E. funding for 262 fire departments; $562,194 in Senior SAFE funding for 265 fire departments; and $252,783 for regional trailer props used by multiple fire departments to teach and demonstrate fire safety skills. Every department that applied for a grant received funding.
“The S.A.F.E. and Senior SAFE grants represent a smart investment in fire safety,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Security Terrence M. Reidy. “Youngsters and older adults are historically at greater risk in house fires, but that risk can be reduced through the targeted outreach, education, and awareness programs like these.”
“The S.A.F.E. and Senior SAFE programs bring trained firefighter-educators together with children and older adults to deliver age-appropriate fire and life safety lessons,” said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey. “Fire service programs like these are part of the reason Massachusetts is one of the most fire-safe states in the nation, and I’m very glad that more communities than ever applied for this year’s grants.”
The S.A.F.E. and Senior SAFE grant programs are funded through legislative earmarks to the Executive Office of the Public Safety & Security, and they are administered by the Department of Fire Services. A full list of recipient departments and their awards is below. For more fire service grant opportunities, visit https://www.mass.gov/info-details/grants-for-fire-departments.
Department
FY 2023 S.A.F.E. Amounts
FY 2023 Senior SAFE Amounts
Abington Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Acton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Acushnet Fire & EMS Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Agawam Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Amesbury Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Amherst Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Andover Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Arlington Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Ashby Fire Department
N/A
$1,777.00
Ashfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Ashland Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Athol Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Attleboro Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Auburn Fire Rescue Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Ayer Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Barnstable Fire Department
$645.00
$431.00
Barre Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Bedford Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Belchertown Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Bellingham Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Belmont Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Berkley Fire & Rescue
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Berlin Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Beverly Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Billerica Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Blackstone Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Bourne Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Boxborough Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Boxford Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Boylston Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Brewster Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Bridgewater Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Brockton Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Brookfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Brookline Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Buckland Fire District
$1,503.00
$982.00
Cambridge Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Canton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Carver Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills
$2,933.00
$1,399.00
Charlton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Chatham Fire Rescue Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Chelmsford Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Chelsea Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Chicopee Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Cohasset Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Concord Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Dalton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Danvers Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Dartmouth Dist.1 Fire Department
$2,309.00
$1,135.00
Dartmouth Dist.3 Fire Department
$3,037.00
$1,443.00
Deerfield Fire Department
N/A
$1,267.00
Devens Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Douglas Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Dracut Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Dudley Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Dunstable Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Duxbury Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
East Bridgewater Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
East Brookfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
East Longmeadow Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Eastham Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Easthampton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Easton Fire & Rescue Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Everett Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Fairhaven Fire Department / EMS
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Fall River Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Falmouth Fire Rescue
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Fitchburg Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Foxborough Fire & Rescue
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Framingham Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Franklin Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Freetown Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Gardner Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Georgetown Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Gill Fire Department
$2,881.00
N/A
Gloucester Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Goshen Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Grafton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Granby Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Greenfield Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Groton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Groveland Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hadley Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Halifax Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hampden Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hanover Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hanson Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Harvard Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Harwich Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hatfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Haverhill Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Hingham Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Holbrook Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Holden Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Holland Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Holliston Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Holyoke Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Hopedale Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hopkinton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Hudson Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Hull Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Huntington Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Hyannis Fire Department
$1,737.00
$893.00
Ipswich Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Kingston Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Lakeville Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Lancaster Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Lanesborough Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Lawrence Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Leicester Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Leominster Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Leverett Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Lexington Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Lincoln Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Longmeadow Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Lowell Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Ludlow Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Lunenburg Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Lynnfield Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Malden Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Mansfield Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Marblehead Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Marion Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Marshfield Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Mashpee Fire & Rescue Dept.
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Mattapoisett Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Maynard Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Medfield Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Medford Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Medway Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Mendon Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Merrimac Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Methuen Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Middleborough Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Middleton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Milford Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Millbury Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Millis Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Millville Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Milton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Monson Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Nahant Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Natick Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
New Bedford Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
New Braintree Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
New Salem Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Newburyport Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Newton Fire Department
N/A
$2,677.00
Norfolk Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
North Adams Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
North Andover Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
North Attleboro Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
North Brookfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
North Reading Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Northampton Fire Rescue Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Northborough Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Northbridge Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Norton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Norwell Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Norwood Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Oak Bluffs Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Oakham Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Orange Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Orleans Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Oxford Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Palmer Fire Department
$1,891.00
$1,105.00
Paxton Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Peabody Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Pembroke Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Pepperell Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Peru Fire Department
N/A
$1,777.00
Petersham Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Phillipston Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Pittsfield Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Plainville Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Plymouth Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Plympton Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Princeton Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Quincy Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Randolph Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Raynham Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Reading Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Rehoboth Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Revere Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Rockland Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Rockport Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Rowley Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Royalston Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Rutland Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Salem Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Salisbury Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Sandwich Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Saugus Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Scituate Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Seekonk Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Sharon Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Shelburne Falls Fire/Rescue/EMS
$2,023.00
$1,282.00
Shelburne Fire District
$1,139.00
$772.00
Sherborn Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Shirley Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Somerset Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Somerville Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
South Deerfield Fire Department
$1,451.00
$952.00
South Hadley-District 1
$3,028.00
$1,617.00
South Hadley-District 2
$1,634.00
$937.00
Southampton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Southbridge Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Southwick Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Spencer Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Springfield Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Sterling Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Stoneham Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Stoughton Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Stow Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Sturbridge Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Sudbury Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Sunderland Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Sutton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Swampscott Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Swansea Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Taunton Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Templeton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Tewksbury Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Three Rivers Fire Department
$1,366.00
$742.00
Topsfield Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Townsend Fire-EMS Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Turners Falls Fire Department
$2,906.00
$1,627.00
Tyngsborough Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Upton Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Uxbridge Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Wales Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Walpole Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Waltham Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Ware Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Wareham Fire Department
$3,479.00
$1,837.00
Warren Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Watertown Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Wayland Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Webster Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Wellesley Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Wellfleet Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Wendell Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Wenham Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
West Boylston Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
West Bridgewater Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
West Brookfield Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
West Springfield Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Westborough Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Westfield Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Westford Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Westminster Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Weston Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Westport Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Westwood Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Weymouth Fire Department
$6,781.00
$2,677.00
Whitman Fire-Rescue
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Wilbraham Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Williamsburg Fire Department
$2,881.00
$1,777.00
Wilmington Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Winchendon Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Winthrop Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
Woburn Fire Department
$5,481.00
$2,477.00
Worcester Fire Department
$10,481.00
$2,877.00
Wrentham Fire Department
$3,781.00
$2,077.00
Yarmouth Fire Department
$4,381.00
$2,277.00
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