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Fire Station Grant Program.
Anyone heard about the status of their grants yet?
It's been, what; two months since the grant period closed?
Anyone get a "Dear John" letter yet?
Just curious.
Oh; and Illinois just passed a law that provides for zero percent loans for fire stations.
So; we have that if we don't get the grant.
TCSS.
Art
It's been, what; two months since the grant period closed?
Anyone get a "Dear John" letter yet?
Just curious.
Oh; and Illinois just passed a law that provides for zero percent loans for fire stations.
So; we have that if we don't get the grant.
TCSS.
Art
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Permalink Reply by FETC on
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I know our department is in the waiting period. We hired a consultant to write the grant from Texas. The city invested quite a bit of money with the "requirements" property acquisition, test boring, ground and water samples, the preliminary building concept and design, and a report on condition/need assessment of current station.
We were shovel ready before the deadline. We were told by the writer that out of the 80 he has done it is in his opinion one of the top three of a complete, quality package. I know the city manager has been also talking with the governor, for better communications but the word we got was they were bombarded with grant requests...
Hurry up and wait...(for a station)
Now my other department affiliation was awarded a million dollars for a new fully equipped airport crash truck, through the Obama/FAA assistance grant and we just finished the bid spec, bid meetings, and are awaiting to award the contract to the manufacturer.
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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on
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I wonder how many departments or their governing boards decided NOT to apply, as the window was short and "pie in the sky".
As I got into the grant language, I almost threw in the towel, but we completed it with the help of a grant writer and are waiting.
Need another truck bay for the truck that will be delivered by end of year.
TCSS.
Art
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Permalink Reply by ashfire on
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I know my fire station could use money to add and remodel to make things better but when your leadership has other ideas on how to get money and then doesn't do anything and only get together maybe once a month and only a few commuincate a few times a month then you don't get anything.
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Permalink Reply by Greg Hickman on
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Received another e-mail, not for sure where it came from, but this is what was received.
Subject: Update on AFG series grants
Fire Station Construction:
. All efforts are being concentrated on these grants.
. Congress/Obama Administration pushing hard to have funds awarded ASAP.
. 750 went to PR
. 150 top scorers were contacted for additional documents.
2008 AFG, SAFER & FP&S:
. Come after the station grants.
. All of the funds need to be awarded before the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30th
2009 FP&S:
. PG has been approved
. Application period September-October.
2009 SAFER:
. In the process of a re-write to reflect changes by Congress.
2009 AFG:
. Everything else is ahead of the 2009 AFG applications.
. 2500 still need PR
. PR scheduled Sept. 8-12th.
. Do not expect AFG awards until the end of the calender year.
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