Title
Request to Apply for and Accept Federal Fiscal Year 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program COVID-19 Supplemental Funds (Ordinance S-46699)
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, and accept, if awarded, up to $869,565 from federal fiscal year (FFY) 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program - COVID-19 Supplemental funds, to fund Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. If not approved, the grant would be turned down.
Report
Summary
The AFG Program, administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is intended to help the nation's fire service by providing vital funds to local fire departments across the country. The primary goal of the program is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations, and State Fire Training Academies. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources necessary to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. This program is supplemental funding to offset costs associated with PPE use related to the COVID-19 response.
Personal Protective Equipment
The project will purchase PPE for Fire Department personnel responding to emergency medical calls for service. The funds will be utilized to purchase N95 respirator masks, exam gloves, eye protection, isolation gowns and face shields. The total cost for this project is $1,000,000 with a city match of around $130,435.
Since 2008, the Fire Department has received more than $5 million in AFG funding. These grants were used to purchase portable radios, thermal imaging cameras, Incident Safety Officer System training, Automatic Chest Compression devices, Peer Support Team Training, and Physical Therapy Equipment upgrades.
Procurement Information
The Fire Department will administer the grant in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10.
Contract Term
The one-year grant Period of Performance is projected to begin on or around June 1, 2020.
Financial Impact
The grant is anticipated to have a 15 percent required cost match; funds are available in the Fire Department's operating budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.