Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

Creator

  • Author: Kruger, Lennard G.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2013-04-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report discusses the firefighting activities that are traditionally the responsibility of states and local communities. The report also talks about the funding for firefighters, which is provided mostly by state and local governments. However, during the 106th Congress, many in the fire community asserted that local fire departments require and deserve greater support from the federal government.
  • Physical Description: 21 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Fire fighters
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Emergency management
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Fire departments
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Federal aid programs

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL32341
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL32341_2013Apr10
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc462625
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