Michigan Department of Treasury FY 2026 Fire Equipment Grant Program

Michigan Treasury has $8 million available for eligible Michigan local governments to purchase qualifying fire equipment and, for on-call, part-time, or volunteer firefighters, fire gear. Awards are up to $50,000 with no matching requirement. Applications are due September 30, 2026, but the controlling public materials do not publish an exact cutoff time or time zone, so ORIGINAL outreach remains fail-closed pending authoritative deadline clarification.

Funding$8,000,000 total appropriation; up to $50,000 per eligible local government. At least $4,000,000 must be distributed to local governments with predominantly on-call, part-time, or volunteer fire departments. No matching funds are required.

DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026. The current Michigan Treasury webpage, Form 5874 instructions, and September 1, 2026 FAQ do not publish an exact closing time or time zone.

Last verifiedSeptember 27, 2026

Required next actionObtain authoritative confirmation of the exact September 30, 2026 cutoff time/time zone before ORIGINAL outreach. Then prioritize eligible Michigan cities, villages, townships, tribal governments, and qualifying authorities/commissions that directly employ or exercise authority over firefighters, verify project-specific equipment eligibility, SIGMA and local-unit information, CAO signatory readiness, and all Contact, Email_Opt_Out, permanent-bounce, Deal, Atlas_Email_Queue, and authoritative-send-history deduplication gates.

Broad Eligibility

Eligible applicants are Michigan cities, villages, townships, tribal governments, and authorities or commissions established by a county, village, city, or township. Counties themselves are not eligible. Priority goes to local governments that directly employ firefighters or have direct authority, supervision, or operational control of firefighters.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100. Strong statewide public-safety fit with $8 million appropriated, awards up to $50,000, no match, and priority for local governments with predominantly on-call, part-time, or volunteer fire departments. N9+ Fit 0/100 and QC Healthcare Fit 0/100 on the controlling materials because the program is specifically for qualifying fire equipment and fire gear; no telehealth, remote-exam, or clinical-service pathway is established. Do not force N9+.

Source verificationOfficial government source · www.michigan.govAtlas last verified this record September 27, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗