Title
Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To aid in efforts to increase and/or maintain the number of trained front line Firefighters available in the City of Newark.
Entity Name: Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire
Entity Address: 480 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07106
Grant Amount: $5,346,639.60
Total Project Cost: $5,346,639.60
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: February 26, 2024 through February 25, 2027
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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Whereas, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), implemented the FY 2022 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program in order to improve and restore local fire departments' staffing and deployment capabilities so that they may more effectively respond to emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, in furtherance of its efforts to protect the health and safety of the public against fire and fire-related hazards, desires to make use of SAFER grant funds to restore and maintain the number of trained, front-line firefighters so that the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire may more effectively respond to emergencies; and
WHEREAS, on or about March 16, 2023, the Director of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire caused an application to be submitted to FEMA requesting funding in the amount of Five Million Three Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars and Sixty Cents ($5,346,639.60) from the FY 2022 SAFER grant program to r...
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