Idaho Fire Fighter's License Plate Fund
2009 FFLP Grant Awards Program
Last updated: 11-14-09
The recipients of FFLP grant awards for 2009 have been announced. This years a total of $57,203 in grants were awarded among sixty-eight (68) grants applicants - out of seventy-nine (79) grant applications received. Total funds requested by the 79 applicants was $117,085.
Of the twelve (12) grants not funded, four (4) were referred to Emergency Services Training (EST), as they related to basic firefighter training requests.
Grants ranged from a high of $2,000 to a low of $455 with an average of $867. Twenty-three (23) of the grants were to help fund laptop computers or LCD projectors and those grants were capped at $650 each.
Here is a link to a spreadsheet of the 2009 awards:
/Assets/dept_1/PM/pdf/Grant Awards REV 9-8-09 Website.xls 
In 2008, sixty-six (66) FFLP grant award applications were received. Those totalled $113,365 in requested grant funds. The IFCA's Grant Review Committee awarded $57,408 in grants. Most of those who applied received partial funding, and some grants were fully funded.
The 2010 FFLP Grant Applications will be posted and announced on this website in Spring of 2010.
To view grant award recipients from 2008, 2007 and 2006 scroll to the bottom of this webpage.
The Idaho Fire Fighter License Plate Grant program has been a resounding success! Since 2001, close to $380,000 in grants have been distributed to fire agencies and organizations all over Idaho to support fire safety education! The IFCA thanks everyone who purchases these custom Firefighter license plates that help support Idaho's fire services. Thanks!
About the"FFLP" Grant Program . . . In 2000, the Idaho State Legislature passed legislation authorizing this special program. The purpose of the funds is for the "safety education of firefighters, fire chiefs and the public."
The IFCA was chosen by the Legislature to administer the program. Management costs are about 3% of the annual revenue which means that there is roughly a 97% "pass-through" of money for awards. This compares to a typical 20% administrative fee rate for many other grant programs. The program has grown significantly since its inception.
Grant award winners range from the big departments to the smallest. Typically all who apply usually get funded, some totally but most partially. The largest grants are usually a couple thousand dollars with the average grant in 2009 at $867.
Grants have helped fund a wide range of educational supplies and programs. They include: fire prevention materials, smoke detectors, training conferences, safety symposiums, laptop computers, overhead projectors, public education campaigns, training programs, fire danger signs, Smokey Bear and Sparky costumes, literature, DVD's, etc.
The IFCA's Grant Review Committee is chaired by IFCA President Dean Ellis (Idaho Falls FD). IFCA Board Member Kevin Gray (Blackfoot FD) and IFCA past Board Member Robert Tyler (Sandpoint FD) comprise the rest of the committee. The committee receives no compensation for their time. The IFCA awards the grants once a year.
The awards are made from available funds received through the Fire Fighter’s License Plate (FFLP) fund program. The money is collected by the Idaho Department of Transportation from all County Department of Motor Vehicle sites. A portion of the automobile registration fee from purchasers (or renewing) owners of the special Fire Fighter License plates goes into the fund. The plates are available at all forty-four Idaho County Department of Motor Vehicle offices.
These popular personalized license plates are available to any Idaho resident for their personal vehicle(s). Contact your local DMV office for details. A portion of your registration fee will go toward the FFLP program which funds fire prevention and education efforts statewide.
For more information on this program or any questions please contact the IFCA's business office at this link: IFCA Business Office
Looking back - who got grants in 2007 and 2006?
2008 FFLP Grant Award Recipients
(click on link below to view list)
2008 Grant Awards LIST.pdf
2007 FFLP Grant Award Recipients
(click on link below to view list)
2007 FFLP grants
2006 FFLP Grant Award Recipients
(click on the link below to view list).
IFCA FFLP Grant Awards SS B&W
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