I'm planning to submit an application as a host for a regional project. When I answer the questions in the Department Characteristics section of the online application, do I use the statistics for the entire region that will be affected by the project, or do I use my department's local statistics?
When applying as a host for a regional project, you should provide your department's statistics when responding to the Department Characteristics questions, but you should elaborate on the wider benefits in the narrative portion of your application.
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I'm applying as the host for a regional project, but I also need some equipment for my own department. Can I submit a second application for my own department's needs?
No, we only allow one application per eligible applicant, and the application for the regional project counts as the one application. A host applicant that wishes to apply for equipment for its own department may include those items as an addendum to the regional application. The host applicant should make sure to adequately address these items in the narrative separate from the narrative describing the regional project.
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The 2005 Program Guidance highlights "regional projects" whereby a county fire department acting as the host department could apply for a grant on behalf of all departments in its jurisdiction. According to the Guidance, the other benefiting departments may still apply for other needs as long as their applications did not duplicate the host applicant's request. But, the Program Guidance also states that a fire district may apply on behalf of the departments under its purview, or the individual departments may apply on their own, but not both. Isn't this contradictory?
Yes, it is contradictory, but we believe that interoperability is important; therefore, we will allow host departments to apply as well as the benefiting departments—as long as there is no duplication.
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The 2005 Program Guidance states that in order for an EMS organization to be eligible for AFG funding, that EMS organization cannot be affiliated with a hospital. What does "affiliated" mean?
By "affiliated" we mean receiving any kind of direct support from the hospital in the form of funding, facilities, staff, or apparatus. Contracting with a hospital on a fee-for-service basis would not constitute an "affiliation" in the context of this program.
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My EMS organization is co-located with the city fire department. Can we apply as a nonaffiliated EMS organization?
If your nonaffiliated EMS organization does not report to the fire chief and your organization has its own discretionary budget, then the nonaffiliated EMS organization is eligible to apply for the AFG program, even though they are co-located with the fire department.
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It has been the AFG policy to allow up to 50 percent of the grant funds to be used for a down payment. Has that changed for this year's program?
Yes. To encourage better cash management practices, grantees may only request 25 percent for down payments.
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I've noticed several vendors that claim their product is "FEMA Fire Act Approved." Do you have a list of products that are "Approved?"
No. The Federal government (FEMA, ODP, SLGCP, or DHS) does not approve, endorse, promote, sanction or otherwise support any specific products or services and purchasers should be wary of any vendor that makes such claims. For the AFG program, we require that any product or service purchased with grant funds comply with applicable national standards.
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