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Joe Yarbrough From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: INFORMATION- David Giles Thursday, July 07, 2016 5:30 PM Joe Yarbrough; Patty Rippey; Dominic Morgese FW: Round 6 DHS Assistance to Firefighters FY 2015 Grant Award(s) FactSheet.pdf; Awardslist.xls Florida James D. Giles Senior Fire Commander South Daytona Fire/Rescue [email protected] 386-322-3037 Office phone 386-589-4845 Cell phone 386-322-3038 Fax From: Arthur, Barbara (Bill Nelson) [mailto:Barbara [email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 20161:31 PM To: David Giles <[email protected]> Subject: FW: Round 6 OHS Assistance to Firefighters FY 2015 Grant Award{s) - Florida Congratulations on receiving this grant I Barbara Arthur Regional Director Office ofU. S. Senator Bill Nelson 321-508-3429 South Daytona Fire Rescue Kinard Volunteer Fire Department - Calhoun County FL-02 Operations and Safety $26,758 Don Howard 3863223032 Operations and Safety $22,762 Doyle Daniels 8506431721 -----Origi na I Message----From: AFG Congressional Notification Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 9:09 AM To: Gustave, Peggy (Bill Nelson) Subject: Round 6 OHS Assistance to Firefighters FY 2015 Grant Award(s) - Florida Good Afternoon, This is congressional notification of the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) awards that will be announced to applicants in your State this week. This is round 6 of the competitive FY 2015 AFG announcements. This program is administered by the Department of Hamel.and Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration. 1 Grantees will receive this information on Friday of this week. This information is not embargoed. You may release it immediately. We have Included the following attachments in this notification: - An AFG Program fact sheet -Awards in your state and contact information As of this Friday, grant recipients can visit the AFG website link for information (http://www.fema.gov/firegrants) or call the toll free help line at: 866-274-0960. 2 Award Number EMW-2015-F0-06230 EMW-2015-F0-05244 Organization Name Congressional District South Daytona Fire Rescue Kinard Volunteer Fire Department FL-02 Program Area Operations and Safety Operations and Safety Federal Share Name Don Howard 26758 22762 Doyle Daniels Phone City Zip 3863223033 South Daytona . 32119 8506431721 Kinard 32449 FY 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) Overview The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an important component of the larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the Nation's overall level of preparedness and ability to respond to fire and related hazards. Since Fiscal Year (FY) 2001, the AFG Program has provided approximately $6.4 billion in grants to first-responder organizations to obtain much needed emergency response equipment, personal protective equipment, firefighting and emergency vehicles, and training. During FY 2015, the AFG will award another $306 million to first-responder organizations that need support to improve their capability to respond to fires and emergencies of all types. Purpose The purpose of the AFG Program is to award grants directly to fire departments, non-affiliated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations (EMS organizations that are not affiliated with a hospital, and state fire training academies to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel). Using a competitive process that is overseen by fire service subject matter experts, grants are awarded to applicants whose requests best address the priorities of the AFG Program. Funding The AFG Program will award approximately $306 million in competitive grants to fire departments, non-affiliated EMS organizations, and state fire training academies during FY 2015. Funding for vehicles is limited to 25 percent of the total FY 2015 AFG Program appropriation. No less than 3.5 percent of appropriated funds must be awarded for EMS equipment and training grants for both firedepartment-based and non-affiliated EMS organizations. FY 2015 AFG Fact Sheet Eligibility Only fire departments, non-affiliated EMS organizations and state fire training academies are eligible to apply for funding. Organizations must operate in one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or Puerto Rico. • • • A "fire department" is defined as an agency or organization that has a formally recognized arrangement with a State, territory, local or tribal authority (city, county, parish, fire district, township, town, or other governing body) to provide fire suppression to a population within a fixed geographical area on a first-due basis. A ''non-affiliated EMS organization" is defined as a public or private nonprofit EMS organization that provides direct emergency medical services, including medical transport, to a specific geographic area on a first-due basis, but which is not affiliated with a hospital and does not seive a geographic area where such services are provided adequately by a fire department or another primary non-affiliated EMS agency. A "State Fire Training Academy" is defined as the primary state fire training academy, agency, or institution, for each state; which provides "entity-wide" delivery of fire training (and emergency medical services training if applicable) as specified by legislative authorization, by general statutory authorization or charter, or is ad-hoc in nature with the general acceptance of the fire service. Program Highlights The AFG Program funds fire departments, non-affiliated EMS organizations and state fire training academies. Under the FY 2015 AFG program, interested organizations are eligible to submit up to three applications under the followings categories: Operations and Safety: • Grant projects funded include professional training, wellness and fitness programs equipment, personal protective equipment, modifications to facilities, and supplies that support firefighting and non-affiliated EMS operations and safety. Vehicle Acquisition: Fire Departments and non-affiliated EMS Organizations • Eligible apparatus included, but are not limited to: pumpers, aerials, brush trucks, tankers/tenders, rescue vehicles, ambulances Regional Grants: • Regional projects in which multiple organizations {Fire and/or non-affiliated EMS) seiving more than one local jurisdiction would benefit directly from the activities requested with grant funds. State Fire Training Academies • State fire training academies are eligible to apply for critically needed resources to protect the public, to train emergency personnel, and to foster interoperability and support community resilience. 2 FY 2015 AFG Fact Sheet Evaluation Criteria AFG funding priorities differ for fire departments, non-affiliated EMS organizations, and state fire training academies. The funding priorities and evaluation criteria are developed from recommendations provided by a criteria development panel, composed of fire service professionals representing the major fire service organizations. Based on the input received, the FY 2015 AFG priorities remain largely unchanged from FY 2014. All submitted applications are ranked based on the substance of the application, relative to the established funding priorities. Applications that score the highest and are determined to be in the "competitive range" will undergo further evaluation by a panel of peers, from the fire service and non-affiliated EMS organizations. Applications that are considered for award will undergo an extensive technical review prior to an award offer. On December 26, 2014, OHS adopted the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards at 2 C.F.R. Part 200 that establish a uniform set of mandatory requirements for federal awards to nonfederal entities. AFG Program Resources For additional information on the FY 2015 AFG program please visit our web site at: http://www.fema.gov/assistance-firefighters-grant. You may also contact the AFG Program Help Desk by calling 1-866-274-0960 or via email at [email protected] Note: $340 million is the FY 2015 appropriation for the AFG initiative. From this appropriation, $34 million is allocated to fund the FY 2015 Fire Prevention & Safety Grant Program. 3 FY 2015 AFG Fact Sheet