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TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Mayor and Council <br />Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />Bruce A. West, Fire Chief <br /> <br />October 8, 2001 <br /> <br />FEMA Grant Update <br /> <br />Item~ 4.4. <br /> <br />I would like to inform the Mayor and City Council that the grant application submitted <br />under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters <br />Grant Program for a fire prevention program has been approved. The approved project is <br />for $100,000. The federal share of the grant award is $90,000 and $10,000 is the city of Elk <br />River's share for grant award costs. <br /> <br />At this time, I would like to update the Council on the fire prevention program that was <br />submitted under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The primary focus of the <br />program will be educational with plans for a safe escape house and a tow vehicle to bring <br />this prevention program to all area schools, daycares, and area learning centers. The fire <br />prevention program will focus on the student population under age 14. Two areas of focus <br />will be "Hazards in the Home" as well as the "EDITH" program. The EDITH program <br />focuses on exit drills in the home. <br /> <br />The second phase of the prevention program is designed to implement a smoke detector <br />giveaway program. Our goal at the Elk River Fire Department is to have an installed and <br />working smoke detector in every home in Elk River. The senior citizen population continues <br />to rise in our community and has brought a heightened awareness of the 65 and older target <br />need for the smoke detector giveaway program. Part of the grant award funds would be <br />available to promote the smoke detector giveaway program via public expositions, flyers, <br />firefighters going door to door, as well as an inclusion on the city's web site. <br /> <br />The Elk River Fire Department is very excited about FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters <br />Grant Program Award approving our local fire prevention program application. This grant <br />award will give our existing fire prevention program an opportunity to expand the fire safety <br />education to students in the Elk River School system. The FEMA's Assistance to <br />Firefighters Grant Program received over 30,000 applications, of which 2,000 applications <br /> <br /> <br />