Anchorage Fire Department urges planning now for wildfire office and SAFER grant sunset
AFD told the Public Safety Committee the municipality should plan now to sustain a new wildfire mitigation office after federal grant funding ends in 2027 and to budget for 18 SAFER-funded firefighters whose grant expires Feb. 3, 2026.
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Doug Shrugge and Division Chief John Glover of the Anchorage Fire Department briefed the committee on Feb. 5 about two pending funding challenges: the sustainability of a rebuilt wildfire mitigation office and the impending end of a FEMA SAFER grant that funds 18 firefighter positions.
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