Application Period Opens April 15th

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Permalink Reply by Louis N. Molino Sr. on April 13, 2009 at 12:54pm

The one piece of advice I tell all grantees is READ the damn guidance front to back period FIRST.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Schwering on April 13, 2009 at 1:02pm

I completely agree with Louis, print the guidance in a hard copy. Let all members read this completely. Make sure you are completely organized before you even start to type. Like Jonathan said, make sure more than one set of eyes is involved in the process.

Permalink Reply by Chris Leier on April 28, 2009 at 10:39pm

In the guidelines would it talk about what kind of grants they are looking to give out. Like say our company is in GREAT need of a ladder truck, have them come out and said that instead of giving out a few bigger grants, that they are going to give out say twice as many smaller ones?

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Kaye on April 29, 2009 at 8:45am

Chris Leier said:

would it talk about what kind of grants they are looking to give out...?

Both the Federal Notice and the Guidance will say what the high priority items are. Regarding apparatus, this year it is pumpers (doesn't have to be only a pumper, could be a combination, so long as it conforms to NFPA guideline definitions for a pumper). The FEMA rep basically said that since apparatus costs a lot more than most items, and there is a cap on apparatus, it would be best if you are looking for a pumper because the cap may be reached purely on pumper requests. Also, don't forget to look search around the Internet for other discussions possibly to get info from others.