Discusses the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Act, which authorizes grants to local fire departments to pay for salaries and benefits of new firefighters. Reviews reauthorization of SAFER in the 112th Congress, FY2013-FY2015 appropriations, waiver of SAFER requirements, SAFER program implementation, and issues in the 114th Congress. This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RL-33375n in the 2014 issue.
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