[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR152.7]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 152--ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 152.7  Grant payment, reporting and other requirements.

    (a) Grantees will have twelve months to incur obligations to fulfill 
their responsibilities under this grant program. The performance period 
of each grant will be detailed in the Articles of Agreement that we 
provide each grantee. Grantees may request funds from us as 
reimbursement for expenditures made under the grant program or they may 
request funds for immediate cash needs under FEMA regulations (44 CFR 
13.21).
    (b) Generally, fire departments should not use grant funds to pay 
for products and services contracted for, or purchased prior to the 
effective date of the grant. However, we will consider requests for 
reimbursement for these on an exceptional basis. Expenses incurred after 
the application deadline but prior to award may be eligible for 
reimbursement if the expenses were justified, unavoidable, consistent 
with the scope of work, and specifically approved by us.
    (c) The recipients of funding under this program must report to us 
on how the grant funding was used and the benefits that resulted from 
the grant. This will be accomplished via submission of a final report. 
Details regarding the reporting requirements will be provided in the 
Articles of Agreement provided to each grantee. Additionally, fire 
departments that receive funding under this program must agree to 
provide information to the national fire incident reporting system 
(NFIRS) for the period covered by the assistance. If a grantee does not 
currently participate in the incident reporting system and does not have 
the capacity to report at the time of the award, that grantee must agree 
to provide information to the system for a twelve-month period 
commencing as soon as they develop the capacity to report.