Title
Resolution to Approve Participation in 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Regional Grant (AFG) from the US Department of Homeland Security ($357,050.00), Appropriate Matching Grant Funds ($35,704.00), and Establish and Appropriate Funding for the Project ($392,754.00) (Mobile Training Facility) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
The attached resolution allows the continuation of the application process for a 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Regional Grant (AFG) from the US Department of Homeland Security and authorizes the acceptance of the grant if awarded.
The grant will provide an accessible and professional mobile training facility for safety service personnel. Washtenaw County fire departments are working together in seeking the competitive grant to provide a much needed training facility. With the recent demolition of the fire training tower at the University of Michigan north campus fire training facility, located at station five (5), it is much more difficult for fire departments to find structures to perform fire training. The mobile training facility will comply with the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) mandated firefighter training requirements. The trailer simulator will provide live fire, ventilation, forcible entry, standpipe, sprinkler, rappelling, confined space and self-contained breathing apparatus training. The grant will include instruction costs and overtime.
All fifteen fire departments will incur a portion of the 10% match to the grant ($35,704.00) determined by the number of personnel of each fire department. AAFD will incur 20% ($7,225.81) of the overall 10% match to the grant. If the grant is awarded, the AAFD matching funds would be appropriated from General Fund Balance to the Fire Service Unit without regard to fiscal year and a grant administration fund would be established.
Staff
Prepared by: Asst. Chief Ellen Taylor, AAFD
Reviewed by: Chief John Seto, AAPD, Safety Services Area Admin...
Click here for full text