Fiscal Year 2020 School-based S.A.F.E. and Senior SAFE Program Grant Application
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Purpose: The purpose of the school-based S.A.F.E. and Senior SAFE grants are to support
programs that:
School-based S.A.F.E.
o Provide fire and life safety education to school aged children in order for them to
recognize the dangers of fire, including the fire hazards that smoking related
materials pose.
o Create school partnerships working together to reach the goals and objectives of
the state’s Health Education Curriculum Frameworks and the Common Core of
Learning through teaching key fire safety behaviors.
Senior SAFE
o Provide fire and life safety education to seniors in order for them to recognize the
dangers of fire, poisoning, falls and other medical emergencies including the fire
hazards that smoking related materials pose.
o Create community partnerships and collaborate with the purpose of improving fire
and life safety in the homes of seniors.
Priorities: Applications funded through these grants shall address the following priorities:
Activities that address fire and health hazards of smoking related materials.
Activities/programs that address the key fire and life safety behaviors addressed in the
Massachusetts Public Fire and Life Safety Education Curriculum Planning Guidebook.
Activities/programs that prevent and reduce fire and burns.
Have trained fire and life safety educators providing education, training and
programming in their communities.
Eligibility: Fire departments are eligible to apply for a Senior SAFE grant, school-based Student
Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) grant, or S.A.F.E. planning grant, and/ or Senior SAFE
grant per the following guidelines:
• All municipal fire departments/ fire districts may apply for the Senior SAFE grant.
• Cities or towns whose fire department or fire district had a S.A.F.E. program grant in any
of the Fiscal Years 2015-2019 is eligible to apply for the School-based S.A.F.E. program
grant. Fire departments with ongoing programs may utilize grant resources to enhance
their current efforts by adhering to the S.A.F.E. program’s guidelines.
• Fire departments or fire districts that have not had an active school-based S.A.F.E.
program in any of the Fiscal Years 2015-2019 are eligible to apply for a planning grant.
Planning Grants: School-based S.A.F.E. planning grants will be awarded based on available
funds. It is anticipated that $1,500 will be the award for planning grants. Planning grants can be
awarded once, and then fire departments/districts must apply for program grants.
Funding: Departments shall use funds to adopt and carry out fire and life safety education in
their community. One-half of the budget of a school-based S.A.F.E. grant must be devoted to the
core school-based program. Senior SAFE is primarily for the education of the senior population.