Battle Creek FD - "Now that they have the money, they will go to local private foundations to seek the matching 30 percent required under the application guidelines, or about $130,000".
Westfield FD - "...the department is hoping to get the 10 percent required match from the housing authority".
These two quotes are from the Firehouse.com article entitled "Fire Chiefs React to Fourth Round of FEMA Grant Awards". It struck me as odd that the matching funds for both of these grants do not seem to be secured at this time. The way the article reads, the grants were submitted on the assumption that the matching funds could be raised as opposed to a situation were they were known to be available. I thought that one of the premises of the FIRE Act was that the matching funds were known to be available. Am I right or wrong? Any comments?
For the record, my FD has not heard one way or the other on our application yet, so please don't accuse me of sour grapes or whining about the good fortune of other FD's. Just something that struck me as odd.
[ 08-15-2001: Message edited by: ffemtmjb ]
Westfield FD - "...the department is hoping to get the 10 percent required match from the housing authority".
These two quotes are from the Firehouse.com article entitled "Fire Chiefs React to Fourth Round of FEMA Grant Awards". It struck me as odd that the matching funds for both of these grants do not seem to be secured at this time. The way the article reads, the grants were submitted on the assumption that the matching funds could be raised as opposed to a situation were they were known to be available. I thought that one of the premises of the FIRE Act was that the matching funds were known to be available. Am I right or wrong? Any comments?
For the record, my FD has not heard one way or the other on our application yet, so please don't accuse me of sour grapes or whining about the good fortune of other FD's. Just something that struck me as odd.
[ 08-15-2001: Message edited by: ffemtmjb ]
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