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AgStar Fund Emergency Response Grant Program - Fire Grants

The application period for this grant is now closed.
Use the information below to help you start preparing for next year. For more funding opportunities for your department, please check our Currently Open Grants »

Eligibility

AgStarEligibility is restricted to all rural volunteer emergency response departments located in the following Minnesota or Wisconsin counties, (or regions, based on AgStar's Local Service Area - see map at right).

  • Region 1 Minnesota Counties: Aitkin, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca, Isanti, Kanabec, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, St. Louis, Sherburne, Stearns and Todd
    • Map of Eligible Minnesota and Wisconsin counties
  • Region 1 Wisconsin Counties: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer and Washburn
  • Region 2 Minnesota Counties: Anoka, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Scott and Washington
  • Region 2 Wisconsin Counties: Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and St. Croix
  • Region 3 Minnesota Counties: Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, LeSueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan and Wright
  • Region 4 Minnesota Counties: Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and Rock
  • Region 5 Minnesota Counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona
Get Started

How can the AgStar Fund Emergency Response Grant Program help your Fire/Rescue & Wildland Firefighting department?

  • Rural areas only
  • Receive funding for emergency response equipment for volunteer fire, rescue or ambulance departments
  • Afford new technologies to upgrade or replace old equipment
  • Funding is available for any emergency response equipment, technology or turn-out gear. A total of $50,000 is available and the maximum grant amount is $2,500 per department
  • CHIEF offers the free services of grant consultants to assist you throughout the application process **

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, go to the AgStar Fund Emergency Response Grant Program homepage »

Application Deadline: CLOSED

Sponsor:
AgStar Financial Services, ACA

What is it?
The AgStar Fund for Rural America, the corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services is proud to announce the AgStar Fund’s Emergency Response Equipment Grant Program. The mission of the program is to support rural areas in AgStar’s service area by funding emergency response equipment for volunteer fire, rescue or ambulance departments.

Emergency response departments in rural areas are struggling on shoestring budgets, with many lacking adequate and up-to-date equipment. Even though many of these departments have the essentials, they can't always afford new technologies to upgrade or replace old equipment. This grant program is designed to help alleviate some of those financial constraints. This is an opportunity to fund, on a modest scale, some local departments.

Links to help with your AgStar Fund Emergency Response Grant Program application: ***