Department of Fire Programs [960]
Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $2,533,475 $44,367,480 $46,900,955
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $2,576,475 $46,286,440 $48,862,915
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $2,835,598 $46,895,388 $49,730,986
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $2,939,398 $46,895,388 $49,834,786
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $8,467,610 $62,455,185 $70,922,795
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $3,897,040 $65,729,297 $69,626,337
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $6,215,678 $66,069,367 $72,285,045
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget $3,897,040 $65,729,297 $69,626,337
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments $9,057 $547,691 $556,748
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments $2,309,581 ($207,621) $2,101,960
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $6,027,578 $66,069,367 $72,096,945
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget $3,897,040 $65,729,297 $69,626,337
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments $9,057 $572,762 $581,819
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments $2,121,481 ($232,692) $1,888,789
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 29.25 49.75 79.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 29.25 49.75 79.00
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 29.25 52.75 82.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 29.25 52.75 82.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 29.25 61.75 91.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 31.25 61.75 93.00
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 32.25 63.75 96.00
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget 31.25 61.75 93.00
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments 0.00 4.00 4.00
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments 1.00 (2.00) (1.00)
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 32.25 63.75 96.00
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget 31.25 61.75 93.00
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments 0.00 4.00 4.00
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments 1.00 (2.00) (1.00)
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded salary increases for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increases for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 R. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $138,440 $138,440
Nongeneral Fund $245,017 $245,017
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Remove one-time funding provided for fire support services in the City of Virginia Beach Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes a one-time appropriation provided as a pass through to the City of Virginia Beach to support costs associated with the provision of fire support services.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($200,000) ($200,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $48,652 $48,652
Nongeneral Fund $86,110 $86,110
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 C. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $18,895 $18,895
Nongeneral Fund $74,603 $74,603
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($13,835) ($13,835)
Nongeneral Fund ($24,486) ($24,486)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 O. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($7,038) ($7,038)
Nongeneral Fund ($24,913) ($24,913)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 F. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $10,224 $10,224
Nongeneral Fund $18,430 $18,430
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Adjust appropriation to provide full-year funding for state fire marshal positions Base Budget Adjustment
  Annualizes appropriation for two state fire marshal positions that were prorated for 10 months in FY 2026.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $25,251 $25,251
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 E. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,180) ($1,180)
Nongeneral Fund ($19,228) ($19,228)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,763) ($4,763)
Nongeneral Fund ($8,430) ($8,430)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency vehicle fleet charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced fleet vehicle operational rate charges billed by the Department of General Services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,173) ($4,173)
Nongeneral Fund ($1,195) ($1,195)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency leased space costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced charges to customer agencies for the Department of General Services to perform lease administration services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 I. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,427) ($1,427)
Nongeneral Fund ($3,710) ($3,710)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded liability insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for liability insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($2,784) ($2,784)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded property insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for property insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 M. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $687 $687
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $11 $11
Nongeneral Fund ($31) ($31)
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Add two state fire marshal inspector positions Decision Package
  Provides two nongeneral fund state fire marshal inspector positions to address workload increases.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $207,621 $232,692
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Add two administrative support positions Decision Package
  Increases the department's nongeneral fund supported maximum employment level to hire administrative support positions.
 
  FY FY
Positions 2.00 2.00
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Establish the Firefighter Cancer Screening Grant program (Exec Amend #8) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2 million each year from the general fund to establish a new grant program to support localities in providing cancer screenings for career firefighters. In addition, this amendment provides one position and associated funding for the agency to hire an additional grants administrator to manage the grant program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,121,481 $2,121,481
Positions 1.00 1.00
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Maintain Current Law on Fire Programs' Fund Uses (405 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes the authorization proposed in the introduced budget that would have allowed the Department of Fire Programs to use Aid to Localities funding from the Fire Programs Fund to cover the costs of State Fire Marshal's Office personnel.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund ($207,621) ($232,692)
Positions (2.00) (2.00)
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Mental Health Awareness Training (405 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides a one-time appropriation of $188,100 from the general fund in the first year to support the development of standardized mental health awareness training for firefighters consistent with the provisions of Chapter 109 (House Bill 325) and Chapter 110 (Senate Bill 140).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $188,100 $0


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 10-21-2026 11:31:03