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Authorizing the Fire Department to apply for the 2021 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) in the amount of $2,030,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide firefighter health and wellness exams and paramedic training and to purchase firefighter personal protective equipment and replace and update equipment.
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WHEREAS, the Fire Department would like to apply for the 2021 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to provide health and wellness training, physical/cancer/mental health screenings for firefighters, paramedic school for 15 firefighters, and purchase a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) fill station for training, computers/hardware/software to support training, an Incident Command Lab, personal protective equipment, and replace expired EMS and rescue equipment; and
WHEREAS, the grant amount would be $2,030,000, of which the federal government would provide $1,845,454.55 to support the grant; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a 10% match of $184,545.45 which would be paid from the fire department's budget over the two years of the grant period of performance; Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the Fire Department to apply for the 2021 Assistance to Firefighters Grant.