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PENNSYLVANIA BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (PEMA)
www.pema.state.pa.us
GRANT/LOAN
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program – Program
assists rural, urban, and suburban fire departments
throughout the U.S. Funds are used to increase the
effectiveness of firefighting operations, to improve firefighter
health and safety programs, and to establish or expand fire
prevention and safety programs.
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Planning
and Training Grants – The purpose of this grant program
is to increase effectiveness in safely handling hazardous
materials accidents and incidents, enhance implementation of
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
of 1986 (EPCRA), and encourage a comprehensive approach
to emergency training and planning by incorporating unique
challenges of responses to transportation situations.
All 67 counties are eligible to apply. These grants require a 20
percent county match; the match may be accomplished with
county or state Hazardous Materials Response Fund grants,
or as a “soft-match”, such as the value of in-kind contributions.
Counties may receive grants in both planning and training
programs. Grants under this program are on a reimbursable
basis – expenditures are reimbursed after completion of
activities or contractual obligations.
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS
Must obtain a DUNS number.
For additional information go to the U.S.
Fire Administration website:
www.usfa.fema.gov.
Contact – PEMA Grants Coordinator at:
(717) 651-2014
Hazardous Materials Response Fund – The fund is
designed to provide supplemental emergency preparedness
funding for chemical emergency plans by Local Emergency
Planning Committees (LEPCs) and industry, acquisition
of hazardous materials response team equipment, public
Right-to-Know education, chemical industry awareness and
compliance, and training and exercises. All 67 counties are
eligible.
Radiological Emergency Response Fund (RERF) –
Provides funding for the development of a detailed fixed
nuclear emergency response plan for areas surrounding each
nuclear electrical facility, nuclear fabrication and away-fromreactor
storage facility located in the Commonwealth; the
training and equipping of state and local emergency response
personnel; the periodic exercise of accident scenarios and the
procurement of specialized supplies and equipment.
Contact – PEMA Grants Coordinator at:
(717) 651-2014
Contact – PEMA Grant Coordinator at:
(717) 651-2014.
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