Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) — CFDA 97.083

SAFER staffing obligations at $594.0M

USAspending.gov records $594,013,378.93 in obligations under CFDA 97.083. Five hundred thirty awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $1.12 million per award. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical fire-department invoice and not a cost per firefighter.

The assistance-listing title is STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SAFER). CFDA 97.083 is the identifier. Other FEMA AFG, Fire Prevention and Safety, or EMPG listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $594.0M. Combining those codes would invent a combined fire-grant total this packet does not contain.

510 recipients on 530 award rows

Five hundred ten recipients share 530 awards, or about 1.04 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $594,013,378.93 evenly would assign about $1.16 million per recipient. That density is a local-department fingerprint: almost one assistance row per named fire or emergency organization. The packet does not list the 510. Recipient count is the organizational headcount on the federal extract, not a census of firefighters or stations.

Forty-seven states in the geographic count is a wide map. SAFER dollars follow department geography as coded, not equal shares. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Award rows are not a firefighter census

Among FEMA fire listings, 97.083 is a high-headcount staffing file: 530 awards against 510 recipients. Award count is a weak proxy for “number of departments” and a worse proxy for firefighters hired. Recipients (510) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (530) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report hires, call volumes, or ISO ratings. Citing 530 as firefighters would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus SAFER outlays

The $594.0M is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against SAFER awards — are not in the packet. A staffing file can show a large obligation stock while salary reimbursements follow a later calendar. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 97.083 to size this Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as an AFG equipment, Fire Prevention and Safety, or disaster-declaration dashboard. Those series live elsewhere. This page reports the obligation book tagged 97.083.

What the 97.083 tables omit

The program hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a firefighter roster, not a station directory, and not a call log. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $594,013,378.93. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 530 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 47 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to departments.

SAFER’s 47-state map and 510-recipient headcount together describe a local-department staffing book, not an AFG equipment file. A researcher comparing 97.083 with Fire Prevention and Safety or EMPG codes should keep CFDA numbers separate. The $594.0M stock is the USAspending obligation book for this listing only.

Where the 97.083 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 97.083 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other FEMA listings. For 97.083 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 97.083’s 530 awards spread $594,013,378.93 across 510 recipients and 47 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 1.04 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Firefighter hires, call volumes, and ISO ratings live in other FEMA series. Those rows are outside $594,013,378.93 unless they share CFDA 97.083. Quote 530 as assistance records, 510 as organizational payees, and 47 as the geographic count.

Questions

How much is obligated for SAFER fire staffing?

USAspending.gov records $594.0M in obligations for CFDA 97.083. SpendingVault indexes 530 awards, 510 recipients, and 47 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a firefighter count. CFDA 97.083’s $594,013,378.93 is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 97.083 carry?

The listing shows 530 awards against 510 recipients, or about 1.04 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $1.12 million per award. Award count is not a count of firefighters or stations. Recipient dollars are on the program page.

How many organizations receive 97.083 awards?

The extract lists 510 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 97.083, not a census of firefighters or stations. Geographic coding covers 47 states. The packet does not name the 510 or publish hire counts. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.

Is $594.0M already paid for SAFER staffing?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 97.083’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or firefighters hired. The $594,013,378.93 on 530 awards is the obligation figure. Keep dollars, awards, recipients, and geography as separate units on the USAspending extract.