Federal grants to Houston Fire Department
Houston Fire Department in Houston, Texas received $6.9 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 9 awards. Its largest program was Assistance to Firefighters Grant, with $4.7 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $1.6 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$6.9 million
- Awards9
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.6 million
- Largest award$2.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $999,551 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $3.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 3 | $800,941 |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $103,905 |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $1.6 million |
Programs that fund Houston Fire Department
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Assistance to Firefighters Grant | 6 | $4.7 million |
| Congressional Directives | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $850,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Homeland Security | 6 | $4.7 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 1 | $850,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance to firefighters grants | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | September 15, 2022 | $2.1 million |
| Assistance to firefighters grants | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | September 25, 2025 | $1.9 million |
| Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - construction - address: city of houston fire / ems department 500 jefferson, 16th floor houston, tx 77002 project director: dr. Persse contact phone: #832-394-6818 email address: david.persse@houstontx.gov website: http://www.houstontx.go | Congressional Directives | September 13, 2022 | $900,000 |
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $850,000 |
| Assistance to firefighters grant | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | July 29, 2021 | $811,706 |
| Assistance to firefighters grants | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | June 30, 2023 | $475,119 |
| Community project funding/congressionally directed spending - non-construction - project abstract: ethan ( emergency telehealth and navigation ) address: city of houston fire / ems department 500 jefferson, 16th floor houston, tx 77002 project director: dr. Gonzalez contact phone: #832-394-6815 emai | Congressional Directives | August 19, 2022 | $450,000 |
| Fire prevention and safety | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | February 6, 2023 | $173,329 |
| Fire prevention and safety | Assistance to Firefighters Grant | August 9, 2023 | $152,493 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Houston Fire Department get?
$6.9 million in 9 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Houston Fire Department the most?
The Department of Homeland Security, with $4.7 million in 6 awards. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development follow.
What is Houston Fire Department's largest federal grant?
$2.1 million under Assistance to Firefighters Grant, with its first action in the period on September 15, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Houston Fire Department?
Its largest are Assistance to Firefighters Grant, Congressional Directives and Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants.
Other grant recipients in Houston
- Baylor College of Medicine
- The Univeristy of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Harris County
- University of Houston System
- William Marsh Rice University
- City of Houston
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