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the program's authority from USFA to the Office for pomestic Preparedness (ODP) within DHS. We are authorized to spend up to $37,500,000 for administration of the AFGprogram (five percent of the appropriated amount). In addition, we may set aside as much as$27,500,000 of the funds available for the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program in order for us to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, national, State, local or community organizations or agencies, including fire departments, for the purpose of carrying out fire prevention and injury prevention programs. This leaves appro�mately $680,000,000 for competitive grants to fire departments. We have until September30,2005, to obligate the appropriatedfunds. Background The purpose of the AFG program is to award grants directly to fire departments of a State to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of firefighting personnel, with respectto fire and fire related hazards. We will award the grants on a competitive basis to the applicants that first address the AFG program's priorities then demonstrate financial need and adequately demonstrate the benefit to be derived from their proj ects. For the purpose of the AFG program, "State" is defined as the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Alaska Village Initiative, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Alaska, shall also be considered eligible for purposes of receiving assistance under this program on behalf of Alaska Native villages. We will provide the chief executives of the States with information �