Provides lifesaving equipment, prevention education and training funding to first responders and public safety organizations. Maximum request $40,000.
The mechanics matter more than the prose. The portal opens quarterly at 10:00 a.m. and accepts only 600 applications each quarter, opening on 8 January, 7 April and 9 July in 2026. Applications are effectively first come, so file at the opening rather than later in the day.
Applicants must be within 60 miles of a Firehouse Subs restaurant, which Vista is. Funded equipment has included all-terrain vehicles, thermal imaging cameras, protective gear and similar field kit.
A small, fast, low-effort filing, and like card 44 it is worth as much for the administration track record as for the money.