[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR152.4]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 152_ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 152.4  Roles and responsibilities.

    (a) Applicants must:
    (1) Complete the application and certify to the accuracy of all the 
information contained therein;
    (2) Certify that they are an eligible applicant, i.e., a fire 
department, as defined in this part;
    (3) Certify that the person submitting the application is duly 
authorized to do so, and
    (b) Recipients (Grantees) must agree to:
    (1) Share in the costs of the projects funded under this grant 
program. Fire departments in areas serving populations over 50,000 must 
agree to match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal 
funds equal to thirty (30) percent of the total project cost. Fire 
departments serving areas with a population of 50,000 or less will have 
to match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds 
equal to ten (10) percent of the total project cost. No waivers of this 
requirement will be granted except for fire departments of Insular Areas 
as provided for in 48 U.S.C. 1469a.
    (2) Maintain operating expenditures during the grant's period of 
performance in the areas funded by a grant at a level equal to or 
greater than the average of their operating expenditures in the two 
years preceding the year in which this assistance is received.
    (3) Obtain the appropriate Federal, State, or local permits 
necessary to fulfill the grant's scope of work including historical and/
or environmental clearances as required.
    (4) Retain grant files and supporting documentation for three years 
after the official closeout of the grant.
    (5) Report to FEMA on the progress made on the grant and financial 
status of the grant. The award documents will detail the specific period 
of performance for each grantee and provide instructions on the 
frequency and timing of the required performance reports.
    (6) Maintain documentation to support the expenditure of grant funds 
as well as pertinent grant decisions.
    (7) Make their grant files and other books and records related to 
the grant, available if requested for an audit to ensure compliance with 
any requirement of the grant program.
    (8) Agree to provide information to the U.S. Fire Administration's 
National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) for the period covered 
by the grant. 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

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grantee must agree to provide information to the system for a twelve-
month period commencing as soon as they develop the capacity to report. 
Capacity to report to the NFIRS must be established prior to the 
termination of the one-year performance period. [NFIRS is under review 
for approval by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB control 
number 3067-0161.]
    (c) FEMA activities:
    (1) We will ensure that the funds are awarded based on the 
priorities and expected benefits articulated in the statute, this part, 
USFA's strategic plan, and the Notice of Funds Availability.
    (2) We will ensure that not more than twenty-five (25) percent of 
the appropriated funding will be used to purchase firefighting vehicles.
    (3) We will ensure that not less than five (5) percent of the funds 
are made available to national, State, local, or community 
organizations, including fire departments, for the purpose of carrying 
out fire prevention programs.
    (4) We will ensure that fire departments with volunteer staff, or 
staff comprised of a combination of career fire fighters and volunteers, 
receive a proportion of the total grant funding that is not less than 
the proportion of the United States population that those firefighting 
departments protect.
    (5) We will ensure that grants are made to fire departments located 
in urban, suburban, and rural communities.
    (6) We will strive to ensure geographic diversity of awards as 
stipulated in Sec. 152.6.
    (7) We will strive to ensure that activities funded under this grant 
program are consistent with the programs goals and intent, and generally 
in the government's best interest.
    (8) We will provide the chief executives of the States with 
information concerning the total number and dollar amount of awards made 
to fire departments in their States; the program areas and activities 
supported by these grants; and other information about specific awards 
when generated and available.