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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Fire Division
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide Fire Safety Educational Information and Associated Equipment.
Entity Name: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Entity Address: 1 Hartford Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06155
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Total Project Cost: $5,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: N/A
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:
No municipal funds are required for this grant.
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WHEREAS, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (hereinafter "The Hartford") created a Home Fire Index (hereinafter "Index") that ranks cities with the highest home fire risk based upon information from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). The City of Newark Ranks 61 on the Hartford's Index, placing the City of Newark among cities with the highest home fire risk; and
WHEREAS, The Hartford created the Junior Fire Marshal (JFM) Program to teach children the basics of fire prevention and safety. To accomplish its goals, the JFM offers grants to cities with the highest risk of home fires in an effort to help those cities reduce the risk of home fires through education and fire safety measures. The JFM has earmarked for the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, Fire Division (hereinafter "Newark Fire Division") a grant in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,000.00) to support ongoing fire safety education; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has a need to reduce home fires and will use The Hartford grant fund to improve fire safety education in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on June 1...
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