EMS Grants
EMS1’s Grants section provides a comprehensive database of grants, news, information and resources to help EMS providers identify and secure available grant funding.
        Learn the key terms and acronyms that can make or break your application with this grant terminology cheat sheet
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Post-award management: A comprehensive guide for grant users
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        From mobile units to paramedic scholarships, opioid funds are helping EMS fill critical gaps in care and staffing
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The second installment of the Maine EMS Sustainability Program funding will help Biddeford firefighters attend EMS school and may fund simulation training tools
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The relocation, funded by $1.3M in ARPA funds, brings faster access and more space for Oologah-Talala crews and vehicles
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A proposed federal budget would eliminate funding for over half of FEMA’s emergency and homeland security grant programs, for training, equipment, and readiness efforts
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Maine’s MD3 program deploys doctors alongside EMS crews to overdose and emergency calls, expanding field treatment, education and follow-up care across Kennebec County
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        After local officials cut the program from the budget, a grant funded by opioid settlement funds was awarded by the Maine Recovery Council
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Good Fellowship Ambulance and EMS Training Institute will receive a new EMS-equipped all-terrain vehicle, funded through a state grant, to help responders reach patients in hard-to-access areas
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        EMS leaders hail the grant as a critical step toward better access and reduced overdoses
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Projects include kitchen upgrades, bunk rooms and training space improvements through the 2025 Hometowns initiative
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Colorado will spend $3 million from its opioid settlement fund to expand access to naloxone, a lifesaving overdose-reversal drug, as the state sees a significant drop in overdose deaths
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Narberth Ambulance celebrated the arrival of a new ambulance with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, thanking Lower Merion commissioners for helping secure funding through an ARPA grant
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Weiser Ambulance District’s new community paramedic initiative is helping divert crisis calls from EDs and 911
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With EMS now city-run, Kingston officials approved funding for a new ambulance to reduce the risk of all units being tied up, pending reimbursement through a state grant
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        EMS agencies can tap into $5 billion in SS4A grant funds to improve post-crash care, reduce response times and prevent avoidable traffic fatalities
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Reviewing equipment age and NOFO priorities can help EMS agencies build more competitive grant proposals
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Why post-crash care matters: 42% of patients alive at EMS arrival die later
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The best feedback is timely, relevant, specific and actionable
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Inspiring ways to recognize providers’ contributions, educate the community and recruit the next generation
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Millions in funding are now available to support prevention, treatment and recovery programs
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Community paramedicine programs across Maine were dealt a major setback after federal grants were abruptly terminated, leaving departments without crucial funding to provide proactive care
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A guide to securing grants, building partnerships and sustaining MIH-CP programs
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With newly licensed paramedics, the Spring Lake Fire Department is one of only three departments in the county to offer ALS
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        When it comes to grant funding, a well-developed plan can be key to securing the funds your organization needs
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A state grant helped the LeRoy Ambulance Service replace an older intercept unit and an ambulance
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Forest Hills Area Ambulance Association will replace its aging, high-mileage ambulance, easing the burden of rising costs and declining insurance reimbursements
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        After a warning of grant funding delays, the UBMD EMS Program Agency has closed its doors, ending administrative support for local emergency medical services
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        EMS grant guru Corey Carlson breaks down the nationwide opioid settlements and how emergency service providers can benefit
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley continues its support for EMS, granting scholarships to aspiring medics while honoring the legacy of EMS pioneer John T. Sloper
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Delaware County fire and EMS providers will receive funding as part of a $37 million grant program supporting emergency services across the state
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        As federal funding uncertainties loom, the Congressional Fire Services Institute emphasizes the need for first responders to follow legislative developments
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Chase County EMS ambulance was built with attention to suspension and noise reduction
    
        
    
        
    
        
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