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IAFC: President Obama's FY 2011 Budget and The U.S. Fire Service
International Association of Fire Chiefs
This morning, President Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. This begins the federal budget process. Congress will now consider this request when writing the federal appropriations bills. These bills should be passed before the beginning of FY 2011, which starts on October 1, 2010.
Here are details about the proposed budget:
FY 2011 (In Millions $)
(Proposed by the President)
U.S. Fire Administration: 45.930
FIRE Grant Program: 305
SAFER Grant Program: 305
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI): 1,100
State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP): 1,050
Urban Search and Rescue Teams: 28
Interoperable Communications Grants: 0
Emergency Management Performance Grants: 345
FLAME Fund: 387
Presidential Wildland Fire Contingency Reserve: 357
Rural Fire Assistance: 3
The following points should be considered:
This morning, President Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. This begins the federal budget process. Congress will now consider this request when writing the federal appropriations bills. These bills should be passed before the beginning of FY 2011, which starts on October 1, 2010.
Here are details about the proposed budget:
FY 2011 (In Millions $)
(Proposed by the President)
U.S. Fire Administration: 45.930
FIRE Grant Program: 305
SAFER Grant Program: 305
Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI): 1,100
State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP): 1,050
Urban Search and Rescue Teams: 28
Interoperable Communications Grants: 0
Emergency Management Performance Grants: 345
FLAME Fund: 387
Presidential Wildland Fire Contingency Reserve: 357
Rural Fire Assistance: 3
The following points should be considered:
- While the president’s proposal includes a total of $200 million in cuts to the FIRE and SAFER Grant programs, the cut for the FIRE Grant program is not as severe as last year’s proposal. For FY 2010, the president only proposed $170 million for FIRE Grants, which would have been a 70% cut to the program.
- The $1.1 billion in UASI funds includes $200 million for use in the provision of additional security involved in hosting terror-related trials.
- There is no specific appropriation for the Citizen Corps Grant Program, the Interoperable Communications Grant Program and the Metropolitan Medical Response System. These programs would be considered allowable expenses under the SHSGP program.
- The FLAME Reserve Fund, which the IAFC supports, is proposed to be funded with $96 million at the U.S. Department of Interior and $291 million at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- The Presidential Wildland Fire Contingency Reserve is a reserve fund to be available after the fully funded, inflation-adjusted 10-year average of suppression costs is exhausted. It includes $75 million from the U.S. Department of Interior and $282 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- The Department of Interior’s Wildland Fire Management account includes $6.137 million for the renovation or construction of fire facilities, including crew quarters, warehouses, fire caches, dispatch centers, fire stations, engine storage and aviation bases.
- The IAFC is working to determine the funding levels for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Volunteer Fire Assistance program and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Emergency Medical Services, which is located at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Sparky on
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Ok thanks John I stand corrected. was station At yakima Fireing center. what a desk job. LOL
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Permalink Reply by John C. Querin Sr on
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No problem I am a few miles east of there in the central basin
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Permalink Reply by Derek Raring on
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sorry to say sparky but it is true, speak spanish or lose your job. been going on for several years now, it is friggin crazy. check out this link......http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9413390/detail.html
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Permalink Reply by Reggie Cervantes on
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I am hispanic and this is revolting. The language of this nation is English. We welcome all. bring us your tired and poor, your huddled masses but this is too extreme.
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Permalink Reply by Vic Silverfish on
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I love how government funding is waste unless it is something that impacts you directly, than it is critical to our nation.
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Permalink Reply by teresa on
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It is Oregon and it is true,check out this fox news video...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&vi...
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How the heck do you fund a fire department other than government. That's the whole reason we HAVE a government!
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Permalink Reply by Cameron Brown on
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its not the reason we have a government, it is to keep our libertys and protect our way of life. waste should not be a good thing, our department does get some grants but we DO NOT expect them to be the sole place to get our money!
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