[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: 44CFR152.4]



[Page 392-393]

 

              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.