Fiscal Note
This grant requires City matching funds of $25,362, which represents 20 percent of the total project cost of $126,810. The Fire Department will request these matching funds in its 2008 Operating Budget request.
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Accepting a grant if awarded from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a Fire Prevention and Safety Project.
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The Fire Department has applied for a Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Grant in the category Fire Prevention and Safety Project. The Fire Department, University of Wisconsin Medical Services Program and the American Red Cross, Badger Chapter are representatives for the People Responding to Emergencies Program (PREP). In addition, this group is partnering with neighborhood associations and has an advisory member from Dane County Emergency Management.
PREP has conducted an informal survey of some members of the community to gauge preparedness activity and awareness. The informal survey revealed that more than a half of these individuals did not have a family emergency plan. Only about 25 per cent of individuals who had a plan, practiced it.
Grant funding for this program would be used to refine the survey process and address individual preparedness in our community. Funding would provide contractual services and supplies for implementation and to train one neighborhood association. We would then assist this association in training individuals affiliated with two other neighborhood associations. The goal is to develop this program to be sustained by Madison neighborhood associations with the support of United Way.
The project amount of this grant is $126,810 with $101,448 (80 percent) as the federal share and the City providing a matching amount of $25,362 (20 per cent) which would be requested in the 2008 Operating Budget.
The budget for the project is as follows:
GN01-54950-722110 Consultant Services $ 68,500
GN01-54515-722110 Facility ...
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