4 Pa. Code § 114.3 - Eligibility
(a)
Volunteer Fire Company Grant.
(1)
Eligible applicants. A
volunteer fire company as defined in §
114.2 (relating to definitions). To
receive grant funds under this act a volunteer fire company shall have actively
responded to one or more fire or rescue emergencies since July 1, 2005. The
volunteer fire company shall also sign a written agreement to participate in
and report information using the Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting
System.
(2)
Eligible
projects.
(i) Program funds may be
used for projects that are consistent with the act. Eligible projects must
improve and enhance the capabilities of the volunteer fire company to provide
firefighting, ambulance or rescue services. Eligible projects include any of
the following:
(A) Construction or
renovation, or both, of the fire company's primary structure facility and
purchase or repair of fixtures and furnishings necessary to maintain or improve
the capability of the company to provide fire, ambulance and rescue
services.
(B) Purchase of
firefighting, ambulance or rescue equipment or repair thereof.
(C) Debt reduction associated with already
completed projects eligible under this subparagraph and subparagraph
(ii).
(D) Training and
certification of members.
(ii) Projects initiated after July 1, 2005,
and completed prior to disbursement of Grant Program funds may be considered as
eligible projects for the current grant year.
(3) When two or more fire companies have
consolidated their use of equipment, firefighters and services after July 1,
1998, the consolidated entity may be deemed eligible to receive a grant not to
exceed the amount of the combined total for which the individual companies
would have been eligible had they not consolidated.
(b)
Volunteer Ambulance Service
Grant.
(1)
Eligible
applicants. A volunteer ambulance service as defined in §
114.2.
(2)
Eligible projects.
(i) Program funds may be used for projects
that are consistent with the act. Eligible projects must improve and enhance
the capability of the ambulance service to provide ambulance, emergency
medical, basic life support or advanced life support services. Eligible
projects include any of the following:
(A)
Construction or renovation, or both, of the volunteer ambulance service's
primary structure facility and purchase or repair of fixtures and furnishings
necessary to maintain or improve the capability of the company to provide
ambulance, emergency medical, basic life support and advanced life support
services.
(B) Purchase of ambulance
or rescue equipment or repair thereof.
(C) Debt reduction associated with already
completed projects eligible under this subparagraph and subparagraph
(ii).
(D) Training and
certification of members.
(ii) Projects initiated after July 1, 2005,
and completed prior to disbursement of Grant Program funds may be considered as
eligible projects for the current grant year.
(3) When two or more ambulance services have
consolidated their use of equipment, emergency medical technicians, paramedics
and services after July 1, 1998, the consolidated entity may be deemed eligible
to receive a grant not to exceed the amount of the combined total for which the
individual services (companies) would have been eligible had they not
consolidated.
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