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Grants Program
 

The NC Fire Fighters' Burned Children Fund annually provides grant funds for NC Fire Departments to create and enhance current fire and life safety education programs in their community. Grant applications are reviewed by a FFBCF committee and awarded based on creativity and need. Awards are presented at the NC Fire & Life Safety Conference.

Download the NC FFBCF Grants Program Application

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Grants Winners

 

2023 Winners

  • Stoneville Fire Department - Fire Safety Props - $1000.00

  • City of Lexington Fire Department - Carbon Monoxide Detector Program - $1000.00

  • City of Sanford Fire Department - Smoke Alarm Program - $1000.00

  • Salisbury Fire Department - Salisbury Fire Marshals Office - Stove Top Fire Stop Program - $1000.00

  • Williamsburg Volunteer Fire Department - Fire Safety Trailer Upgrades - $1000.00

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2022 Winners

  • Union County FFBCF - Council on Aging, Local Senior Centers and Rural Community Groups - $1000.00

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - The "Sound Off with the Home Safety Patrol" program - $1000.00

  • Cabarrus County Firefighters Association - Upgrades and repairs to their Fire Safety House mobile training unit - $1000.00

  • Monroe Fire Department - "Camp 1872" - A summer fire camp to educate kids - $1000.00

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2021 Winners

  • Conover Fire Department - $1000.00

  • Flat Branch Volunteer Fire Department - $1000.00

  • Leakesville Volunteer Fire Department - $1000.00

  • N.C. Baptist Aging Ministry - $1000.00

  • Riceville Volunteer Fire Department - $500.00

  • Sugar Hill – Monford Cove Fire Department - $1000.00

  • Vance County Fire Department - $1000.00

  • Volunteer Fire Department of Bethany, Inc. - $850.00

 

2020 Winners

  • Autryville Fire Department – $1000.00 – To help build their FLSE Program, aiding with a custom pop-up canopy, props and supplies.

  • Asheboro Fire Department – $1000.00 - Citizen’s Fire Academy for Middle Aged Adults

  • Blue Ridge Fire & Rescue – $1000.00 - Firefighter Mini Camp for Youths ages 8-12

  • Monroe Fire Department – $1000.00 – Fire Camp 1872 a camp for youths ages 11-14

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2019 Winners

  • Cabarrus County Fire and Life Safety Quiz Bowl Committee – $1000.00 – Aide in the Fire & Life Safety Quiz Bowl

  • Chapel Hill Fire Department – $1000.00 – Fire Safety Education Trailer updates for the Orange County Fire Safety Trailer

  • Mooresville - $1000.00 – Tween Chefs Burn Prevention, a program for rising 6th graders

  • Rocky Mount Fire Department – $1000.00 – Fire & Life Safety Puppet Show Upgrades

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2018 Winners

  • Kannapolis FD - $1,000.00 – “Beeper” the working Smoke Alarm

  • Crawford FD - $1,000.00 - Junior. Firefighter Program

  • Cherryville FD - $1,000.00 – Fire Safety House Repairs

  • Monroe FD - $750.00 – Tablet Computer for FLS Programs

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2017 Winners

  • Burlington Fire Department - $1000.00 - Youth Fire Setting Intervention

  • Forsyth County Fire Marshalls Office - $750.00 - Fire Life Safety Quiz Bowl

  • Kernersville Fire Department - $900.00 - Get Fit by Learning Fire Safety

  • Mooresville Fire Department - $1000.00 - Safety Tots

  • Oxford Fire Department - $1000.00 - Fire Prevention Materials, Smoke Alarms and CO Detectors

 

2016 Winners

  • Matthews Fire & Rescue Department - $750.00 - Citizens Fire Academy

  • Elizabethtown Fire Department - $1000.00 - Burns are Real Be Careful When You Grill

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $1000.00 - Spring Forward to Fire Safety Program

  • Mooresville Fire-Rescue Department - $1000.00 - Sparky Costume

  • Sanford Fire Department - $1000.00 - Smoke Detector Canvas & Education Program

 

2015 Winners

  • Garner Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department - $1000.00 - Safe Kid Kids Program

  • Greenville Fire & Rescue Department - $1000.00 - Jr. Fire Marshal Academy

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $1000.00 - Preventing Kitchen Fires Program

  • Wadesboro Fire Department - $975.00 - HEAT Help Educate and Teach Program

  • Matthews Fire-Rescue Department - $750.00 - Citizens Fire Academy.

 

2014 Winners

  • Wadesboro FD 1000.00 - Get Fit by Learning Fire Safety Program

  • Spring Lake FD  1000.00 - Production of Fire and Life Safety CD's

  • Pinecroft-Sedgefield FD 1000.00 - Remembering When Program

  • Williamston FD 1000.00 - Eliminating Kitchen Fires in Apartments Program

  • Greensboro FD 1000.00 - Fire Safety Camp

 

2013 Winners

  • Granite Falls Fire Department - $500.00 - Remembering When Program

  • Greensboro Fire Department - $500.00 - Fire Safety Camp

  • Iredell County Fire Marshals Office - $1000.00 - Dusty the Fire Dragon

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $1000.00 - Fluffy the Firefighter

  • Thomasville Fire Department - $1000.00 - Get Fit by Learning Fire Safety

 

2012 Winners

  • Crouse Fire Department - $690.00 - Sparky program

  • Greensboro Fire Department - $620.00 - Dusty the Fire Dragon

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $750.00 - Dusty the Fire Dragon

  • Wadesboro Fire Department - $940.00 - Dusty the Fire Dragon

  • Onslow County Coalition - $750.00 - Programs

 

2011 Winners

  • Grace Chapel Fire Department - $1000.00

  • Thomasville Fire Department - $720.00

  • Onslow County - $1000.00

 

2010 Winners

  • Wadesboro Fire Department - $1000.00 - Remembering When Program

  • Concord Fire Department - $1000.00 - Fire and Life Safety Quiz Bowl Equipment

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $500.00 - Let's Make Some Noise for the Firefighters Preschool Program

  • Charlotte Fire Department - $500.00 - Clifford's Fire Safety Rules for Kindergarteners

 

2009 Winners

  • Chapel Hill FD - $1000.00 - " Big Blue's Book of Safety Fun"

  • Kannapolis Fire Department - $1000.00 - Fire Blitz Program

  • Catawba County FFBCF - $1000.00 - Fire and Life Safety Quiz Bowl

  • Asheville Pals - $500.00 - Audio Equipment

 

2008 Winners

  • Lenoir Fire Department - $1000.00 - SAFE Program - Students Assisting Fire Educators

  • Spring Lake Fire Department - $1000.00 - "Ounce of Prevention" program

  • Conover Fire Department - $500.00 - Fire and Life Safety Quiz Bowl

  • Lincolnton Fire Department - $500.00 - Fire and Life Safety Fair

 

2007 Winners

  • Thomasville Fire Department - “Taking A Walk in My Boots” – Helping Family Members Understand the Job of a Firefighter Program, to increase family and public awareness of a firefighter’s duties.

  • Asheville Fire & Rescue - “Fire Safety For Seniors,” a Remember When follow-up program for foster grandparents and/or senior companions.

  • Charlotte Fire Department - Juvenile “Matches and Lighters are Tools Not Toys,” a Blaze mascot education program.

  • Boger City Fire Department - “Sparky” costume supplies and educational materials.

 

2006 Winners

  • South Fork Volunteer FD - a “Fire Safety” Program to establish a fire & life safety in the VFD, to increase fire safety awareness.

  • Gaston County Fire Marshal’s Office - “Fire Truck Kiosk” Program to educate Gaston County library users on fire and life safety.

  • South Mills Volunteer FD - a “Neighborhood Safety Festival”  directed toward military families.

 

2005 Winner

Erwin Fire & Rescue Squad - “Stove Top Fire Stop” Program to reduce cooking fires in residential program.

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