[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR151.02]

[Page 384]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 151--REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS OF FIREFIGHTING ON FEDERAL PROPERTY--
Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--Purpose, Scope, Definitions
 
Sec. 151.02  Scope.

    Fire services, in any State, may file claims for reimbursement under 
section 11 and this part for the direct expenses and losses which are 
additional firefighting costs over and above normal operating costs 
incurred while fighting a fire on property which is under the 
jurisdiction of the United States. Section 11 requires that certain 
payments be deducted from those costs and that the Treasury Department 
will ordinarily pay the amount resulting from the application of that 
formula. Where the United States has entered into a contract (which is 
not a mutual aid agreement, defined in Sec. 151.03) for the provision of 
fire protection, and it is the intent of the parties that reimbursement 
under section 11 is unavailable, this intent will normally govern. Where 
a mutual aid agreement is in effect between the claimant and an agency 
of the United States for the property upon which the fire occurred, 
reimbursement will be available in otherwise proper situations. However, 
any payments (including the value of services) rendered under the 
agreement during the term of the agreement (or the Federal fiscal year 
in which the fire occurred, if no term is discernible) shall be deducted 
from the costs claimed, pursuant to Sec. 151.12.