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MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor and City Council Bruce a. West, Fire Chief ~/~// Monday, April 9, 2001 FIRE Act Grant Resolution Item 5.4. On behalf of the Elk River Fire Department I am requesting Council approval to enter into a grant agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the enhancement of our fire department's training and public education program. At this time I would like to review the history of the new Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program through FEMA. The fire service during 1999 and 2000 has put forth an effort at the federal level to have money authorized and appropriated for grants in various categories for fire departments to make grant applications. Six categories have been identified as areas in which f~re departments may apply for funding from FEMA. The following is a list of categories authorized for the grant applications: fzrefightmg equipment, training, fire prevention, physical fitness and wellness, vehicles and personal protective equipment. A f~re department may apply and submit grant applications for no more than two of the six categories as identified by FEMA. There is a city requirement in reference to the grant application for the amount that must be matched within the local community. For cities of 50,000 population and above the local match is 30% of the grant application. For communities of less than 50,000, the community match is 10% of the grant application. The community match cannot be an "in-kind" match and must be a cash match. The total amount of FEMA funding in all slx categories for distribution throughout the United States is $100 million. The grant application period is April 2 - May 2, 2001 with grant approvals and money appropriation to be awarded by September 30, 2001. The communities 10% match is a one-time amount and no further grant application match will be required. The Elk River Fire Department will be applying for two categories and submitting grant applications in the following: training and public f~re education. In the training category the Elk River Fire Department, to enhance its current training program, will be submitting a grant application for the amount of $20,000 of which will include the purchase of training material, computers, videos, interactive cd-roms, and other items.