Phoenix has been rewarded a more than $5.3 million grant that will allow the city to hire 32 new firefighters over the next three years, the department announced Friday. The city was awarded a $5,389,627 grant from the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program, which is run by the Department of Homeland Security. The grant program is designed to help fire departments “increase or maintain the number of ‘front line’ firefighters to help communities meet industry minimum staffing standards and attain 24-hour staffing,” the press release said.