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Stimulus Package Update
The full text of the Senate-passed stimulus bill has been posted. Couple notes about fire/EMS funding:
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For an additional amount for competitive grants, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for modifying, upgrading, or constructing State and local fire stations: Provided, That up to 5 percent shall be for program administration: Provided further, That no grant shall exceed $15,000,000.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $485,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, of which $260,000,000 is available for work on State and private lands using all the authorities available to the Forest Service: Provided, That of the funds provided for State and private land fuels reduction 10 activities, up to $50,000,000 may be used to make grants for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from national forest lands.
EOCs
$250,000,000, to remain available until 25 September 30, 2010, for upgrading, modifying, or constructing emergency operations centers under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, notwithstanding section 614(c) of that Act or for upgrading, modifying, or constructing State and local fusion centers as defined by section 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h(j)(1)).
Remember: The bill must be reconciled with the House version before it goes to the President for signing, so the details will likely change.
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For an additional amount for competitive grants, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for modifying, upgrading, or constructing State and local fire stations: Provided, That up to 5 percent shall be for program administration: Provided further, That no grant shall exceed $15,000,000.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, $485,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, for hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, of which $260,000,000 is available for work on State and private lands using all the authorities available to the Forest Service: Provided, That of the funds provided for State and private land fuels reduction 10 activities, up to $50,000,000 may be used to make grants for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from national forest lands.
EOCs
$250,000,000, to remain available until 25 September 30, 2010, for upgrading, modifying, or constructing emergency operations centers under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, notwithstanding section 614(c) of that Act or for upgrading, modifying, or constructing State and local fusion centers as defined by section 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h(j)(1)).
Remember: The bill must be reconciled with the House version before it goes to the President for signing, so the details will likely change.
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Comment by troy gorham on March 10, 2009 at 5:07pm
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When does anybody think its going to pass the house for the President to sign? And what do you have to have accomplished to get these grants?
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Comment by Jim Owens on February 15, 2009 at 9:48am
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paula, go to http://www.firegrantsupport.com/ it will tell you anything you need to know about the current fire act grants. The station grant program will be a few months before its up and running
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Comment by morris washburn on February 14, 2009 at 4:19pm
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Well Matthew you might be right , but MY grand kids will have to pay it back and so will my great grand kids , so you are NOT a lone . But I would like to know why the Fire Service Cant have more funding !! Are WE not worth it ?
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Comment by Budd on February 13, 2009 at 9:17pm
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Matthew , its plain that you have no future as a political leader,You can think.Politicians as a whole think no farther than the next election.I am glad to know that there are some young men like you out there.
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Comment by Matthew Garland on February 13, 2009 at 8:32pm
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ya i'm a 17 year old high school student, at a small private christian school, i feels like all the goverment is doing is trying to spend its way out of debt, all the classes that i have to take to graduate are telling me the oppsite, be wise with your money all that jazz, how is it that the goverment can't see such a HUGE economic error in what they are doing, when if i made the same error on a test in school i would fail( how will they not fail) plus its my generation that has to pay the taxs and all that money back what they are doing will most likely not really effect them I HAVE TO PAY THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Robert St. Germain on February 13, 2009 at 11:35am
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Man and here my little fire station is having a hard time just to get a Jaws of Life, and all that money is going to be thrown around. Sigh.
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Comment by doyle a shelton on February 12, 2009 at 7:58am
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It doesn't do any good to put in for the grant when the bigger cities (w/ budgets!!) get the bulk anyway.
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Comment by joseph sikes on February 12, 2009 at 2:18am
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joseph sikes,i`m a volenter at enterprise la. 71425 and the fire board want put out any money for new bunker suits are scba air tanks,i think thatspretty sorry if you ask me.they have over 1000,000.00 in the bank but there to cheap to protect there on firefighters,i had to ask weat monroe to get used bunker suits and scba tanks and thats pretty bad if you ask me.thats just my thought, what do you think!!!!!
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Comment by Paula Gomez on February 11, 2009 at 9:55pm
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I just have one question. My dept. is a smallvolunteer dept. and the county gets grants for our depts. but it usually goes towards the paid depts. and the police dept. Alot of our gear, apparatus, trucks, and tools are out dated and some are illegal to carry on the truck. How would I go about applying for the stimulus loan or getting donations from other depts. or companies?
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Should have clarified that, the white house tried to kill it not the republican congress. The Presidents budget every year recomended zero or substatial cuts to the fire act.
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