Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program

Criteria • Application • Selection • 2025 Recipients • Past Recipients • Contact • Program Sponsors

State Farm® and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) are proud to team up for the Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program to help resource-constrained volunteer fire departments secure needed equipment. The program launched in 2024 with $1 million in grants awarded to 100 departments.

Due to overwhelming need in the volunteer fire service, State Farm increased its commitment to $1.5 million in 2025. A total of 150 volunteer fire departments will each receive a $10,000 grant to help them secure essential equipment that will improve firefighter safety, effectiveness, and efficiency and enable them to better serve their communities. Ongoing support from State Farm ensures that more volunteer fire departments have the resources they need to protect their teams and the people they serve.

State Farm also provided one-year NVFC memberships to the first 2,000 eligible applicants to give them access to all the benefits the NVFC offers. Learn more about what’s included with NVFC membership here.

Criteria

To be eligible for the grant, departments must meet the following criteria:

  • This grant must be used for eligible fire department equipment.
  • Department must be over 50% volunteer; paid on-call is considered volunteer.
  • Department must serve a population of 25,000 or less.
  • Department must be located in the U.S. and legally organized under state law.
  • Revenue for the department’s most recently completed fiscal year must not have exceeded $250,000.
  • Department must demonstrate a need for the grant by indicating what the funds will be used for and articulating the impact this grant will have on the department and community.
  • Department must be willing to share a department photo or video and publicize the grant award. The NVFC will provide sample promotional tools and templates to help.
  • Department must report back within four months on how the grant funds were used.
  • Only one application will be accepted per department; any subsequent applications received for that department will be ineligible.
  • 2024 recipients are ineligible to apply in 2025.

Application

The 2025 application period is now closed.

Check out our special opportunities page for more giveaways, grants, and scholarships exclusively for volunteer responders.

Selection

After the application period ended, a panel selected by the NVFC reviewed the applications. A total of 150 departments were chosen to receive a $10,000 grant. To support volunteer fire departments across the nation, at least one recipient was selected from each state with 10 or more eligible applications. The selection process is nondiscriminatory.

2025 Recipients

Click on the location pins on the map to see which departments received a grant. You may need to zoom in to see all of the individual location pins.

Past Recipients

View the 2024 grant infographic. You can read about the 2024 recipients here.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Lori Shirley at lori@nvfc.org or 202-887-5700 ext. 125.

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State Farm
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National Volunteer Fire Council
NVFC logoThe National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is the leading nonprofit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS, and rescue services. The NVFC serves as the voice of the volunteer in the national arena and provides critical resources, programs, education, and advocacy for first responders across the nation. Learn more at www.nvfc.org.