[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR151.02]



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              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

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                  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.