Title
Request to Expand Scope of 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant
Description
Request retroactive approval to expand the scope of the 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to include the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Peer Support Training Program (PST). The grant funding will provide one year of training for 100 Phoenix firefighters to identify the warning signs of suicide, acute stress, trauma, substance and depression in their peers. The PST will also provide support, guidance and referrals for firefighters and their families to prevent long-term effects of stress and trauma incurred while on duty. No additional funding is being awarded, only the scope of the grant is being increased.
Report
Summary
The Fire Department received approval from the City Council on Nov. 9, 2016, to apply for and accept up to $500,000 in grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. After that time and shortly before the grant application deadline, the Fire Department was informed of the option to include the Peer Support Training in the same funding request for Automatic Chest Compression Devices. Due to timing constraints, the Fire Department submitted a singular grant request for both Peer Support Training and Automatic Chest Compression Devices. The award notification for that request was received in June 2017. This request is to expand the scope of the grant; no additional time or funding approval is being requested.
This Assistance to Firefighters Grant program 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 AFG 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 to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.
Procurement
The Fire Department will administer the grant in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10.
Contract Term
The period of performance for this grant is one year, from June 12, 2017 through June 11, 2018.
Financial Impact
The Fire Department has received $474,826 in grant funding, which includes a federal share of $412,893 and a 15 percent Phoenix cost share of $61,933. The grant funding is for both 18 Automatic Chest Compression Devices and one year of the Peer Support Training Program.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.