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Grant Details:
Application Due Date: July 2011 est

Description: 

This is a 50% matching fund program. Federal funds will pay up to 50% of approved program expenditure costs with local departments paying at least 50% or more.

2. A restriction will be placed upon the amount of funding which may be provided to departments regardless of funding requested, due to the limited amount of federal funds received by the Office of Forestry.

3. Local matching funds must be available at the time the application is submitted and these funds must match the federal funds granted.

4. Purchase made PRIOR to January 1, 2010, will not be accepted for inclusion in the 2010 program.

5. Only communities with fewer than 10,000 population counts (current census) may be considered for funding. However, multi-community department projects may be approved even though the 10,000 population limit is exceeded within the area served, provided no single community served exceeds the 10,000 population. (A department or fire district is considered to be “multi-community” if within the official area served there exists two or more recognized communities, each of which must contribute financial support toward, and combine other resources for operation of a single department serving all the communities involved.

6. Only departments officially recognized and authorized by RESOLUTION or ORDINANCE of the legally constituted governing body of the area served will be considered for grant funding.

7. Examples of equipment/apparatus which may be purchased with grant funds are as follows: breathing apparatus, bunker gear, hose, nozzles, hand tools, smoke ejectors, generators, foam application equipment, slip-on pumping units, materials and labor required to outfit and equip excess military vehicles.

8. Application for funding to purchase fire trucks WILL NOT be approved.

9. Request for funding WILL NOT be considered for the following:
     A. Repair or construction of buildings
     B. Land acquisition
     C. Water lines and hydrants
     D. Any equipment not fire related
     E. Routine operating expenses (phone bills, utility bills, insurance, etc.)

Application Guidelines

Application

Organization Information:
Organization: Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Website: http://www.ldaf.louisiana.gov/portal/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Don Smith
Contact Email: ForestProtectionVFA@ldaf.state.la.us
Contact Phone: 225-952-8005

More Information:
http://www.ldaf.louisiana.gov/portal/Offices/Forestry/ForestProtection/VolunteerFireAssistanceProgram/tabid/250/Default.aspx