I have a friend that hit me up with a question I really didn't know how to handle: Can a department request bunker gear through SAFER for an Explorer program under R&R?
I initially told him now, as SAFER isn't for equipment, AFG is. However, he told me that a regional AFG rep told him that he could. The reasoning he used was that Explorer gear can't be purchased through AFG, and though you can't buy gear with a staffing or volunteer FF R&R grant through SAFER, explorer posts are different because it's strictly recruiting.
I don't know that I buy that, but I thought I'd ask the experts. Plus, if that's the case, I may be adjusting my SAFER project.
I initially told him now, as SAFER isn't for equipment, AFG is. However, he told me that a regional AFG rep told him that he could. The reasoning he used was that Explorer gear can't be purchased through AFG, and though you can't buy gear with a staffing or volunteer FF R&R grant through SAFER, explorer posts are different because it's strictly recruiting.
I don't know that I buy that, but I thought I'd ask the experts. Plus, if that's the case, I may be adjusting my SAFER project.

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