Fighting41NY
04-05-2008, 07:39 AM
This one is about a ten minute application!!!!
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2510.html
Dear Chief:
Enclosed is an application (PDF, 20 Kb) for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program for fiscal year 2008. New York anticipates receiving an appropriation of more than $300,000 for this federal fiscal year. From this appropriation, fire departments in approximately 300 rural communities will receive 50/50 matching funds, up to the amount of their grant award, for the purchase of firefighting equipment. As an example, a fire department awarded a $1000 grant would need to expend $2000 on their project to receive the $1000 grant award.
Eligibility requirements have been changed. Fire departments in towns with populations of 10,000 or more may be eligible if they meet the eligibility requirements listed on the application. Please read these requirements carefully.
Only expenses directly related to fire suppression are eligible for funding. These include purchasing portable pumps, portable backpack pumps, hand tools, hose, light-weight fireproof clothing (Nomex), hard hats, turnout gear, personal protective equipment, portable radios, generators and dry hydrants. Expenditures not directly related to firefighting, such as acquisition of land, construction of buildings and facilities, major apparatus purchases and maintenance items are not eligible for funding.
I would suggest that you plan on projects costing $2,000 - $3,000 that can be completed by October 30, 2008. Any project involving lengthy waiting periods for receipt of goods and completion of paperwork should be avoided. Approved grant projects should be completely finished with all receipts and paperwork received in this office by October 30, 2008.
Training for rural firefighters is provided for under a cooperative agreement with the Office of Fire Prevention and Control in the Department of State and jointly funded with federal and state dollars.
A fire department's success or failure in receiving a grant is based on a point system with points received for:
Population (ex: less than 1,000 = 10 points; 1,000-2,000 = 9 points, and so on)
I.S.O. rating (ex: rating of 9 = 10 points; 5/9 = 5 points; 8 or less = 1 point)
Newly organized department = 10 points
Native American Indian community in protection area = 10 points
Points will be deducted on a pro- rated basis from the total of these four factors if a grant was awarded to the fire department within the last five years.
Again this year, a point for use in future years will be added each year the applicant submits an application and does not receive a grant award. This may aid companies who in the past have not received a grant.
Only one application per local jurisdiction will be considered.
This office must receive all applications on or before May 15, 2008. Any application received after the cut off date will automatically be rejected.
To be sure your grant application will not be rejected and is complete, please check the following:
Be sure to fill out all three pages of the application and be sure that it is signed.
Be sure that the name and phone number of a contact person whom we may easily reach between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays is supplied for us to obtain additional information if necessary.
Be sure the application is submitted in time to reach this office on or before May 15, 2008.
Last year more than 609 volunteer fire companies requested funding to purchase such equipment. New York was able to fund 365 of those requests with $1000 grants.
Sincerely,
Thomas Rinaldi, Director
Forest Protection & Fire Management
http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/2510.html
Dear Chief:
Enclosed is an application (PDF, 20 Kb) for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program for fiscal year 2008. New York anticipates receiving an appropriation of more than $300,000 for this federal fiscal year. From this appropriation, fire departments in approximately 300 rural communities will receive 50/50 matching funds, up to the amount of their grant award, for the purchase of firefighting equipment. As an example, a fire department awarded a $1000 grant would need to expend $2000 on their project to receive the $1000 grant award.
Eligibility requirements have been changed. Fire departments in towns with populations of 10,000 or more may be eligible if they meet the eligibility requirements listed on the application. Please read these requirements carefully.
Only expenses directly related to fire suppression are eligible for funding. These include purchasing portable pumps, portable backpack pumps, hand tools, hose, light-weight fireproof clothing (Nomex), hard hats, turnout gear, personal protective equipment, portable radios, generators and dry hydrants. Expenditures not directly related to firefighting, such as acquisition of land, construction of buildings and facilities, major apparatus purchases and maintenance items are not eligible for funding.
I would suggest that you plan on projects costing $2,000 - $3,000 that can be completed by October 30, 2008. Any project involving lengthy waiting periods for receipt of goods and completion of paperwork should be avoided. Approved grant projects should be completely finished with all receipts and paperwork received in this office by October 30, 2008.
Training for rural firefighters is provided for under a cooperative agreement with the Office of Fire Prevention and Control in the Department of State and jointly funded with federal and state dollars.
A fire department's success or failure in receiving a grant is based on a point system with points received for:
Population (ex: less than 1,000 = 10 points; 1,000-2,000 = 9 points, and so on)
I.S.O. rating (ex: rating of 9 = 10 points; 5/9 = 5 points; 8 or less = 1 point)
Newly organized department = 10 points
Native American Indian community in protection area = 10 points
Points will be deducted on a pro- rated basis from the total of these four factors if a grant was awarded to the fire department within the last five years.
Again this year, a point for use in future years will be added each year the applicant submits an application and does not receive a grant award. This may aid companies who in the past have not received a grant.
Only one application per local jurisdiction will be considered.
This office must receive all applications on or before May 15, 2008. Any application received after the cut off date will automatically be rejected.
To be sure your grant application will not be rejected and is complete, please check the following:
Be sure to fill out all three pages of the application and be sure that it is signed.
Be sure that the name and phone number of a contact person whom we may easily reach between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays is supplied for us to obtain additional information if necessary.
Be sure the application is submitted in time to reach this office on or before May 15, 2008.
Last year more than 609 volunteer fire companies requested funding to purchase such equipment. New York was able to fund 365 of those requests with $1000 grants.
Sincerely,
Thomas Rinaldi, Director
Forest Protection & Fire Management