Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 114.5 - Application submission and approval procedure(a) The Agency will mail information detailing the grant application process to volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance services throughout this Commonwealth. The application will also be available by calling the OSFC at (800) 670-3473, or on the OSFC's website at www.osfc.state.pa.us. Applications shall be submitted to the OSFC, either online at www.osfc.state.pa.us or in the case of paper forms, at 2605 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9364. (1) The application process involves gathering applicant information and verifying that applicant projects are eligible for grant funding. The agency will provide an online Web based process to gather the additional applicant information and verify project eligibility. The agency will provide written information to every volunteer fire company and ambulance service regarding the Grant Program guidelines and the availability of the online applicant information/project eligibility verification process.(2) Paper submissions will be accepted. At the time the availability of the online grant application process is announced, the OSFC will provide information about how to obtain a paper form to submit the required applicant and project eligibility information. Information will also be available from the OSFC and on the OSFC's website.(b) A volunteer fire company or a volunteer ambulance service seeking a grant under this Grant Program shall submit a completed online or paper form of the grant application to the OSFC.(c) The Agency will begin the final application review process on June 9, 2006.(d) The Agency will act to approve or disapprove the applications by June 30, 2006. Applications received by the Agency which have not been approved or disapproved by the Agency by June 30, 2006, will be deemed approved, subject to the act.(e) Grant award determinations are as follows: (1)Volunteer Fire Company Grants.(i) A volunteer fire company as defined in § 114.2 (relating to definitions), that actively responded to one or more fire or rescue emergencies since July 1, 2003, and agrees to actively participate in the Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System will be eligible for a base award of the first $7,000 of the applicant's grant request.(ii) Additional grant funds not exceeding $8,000 will be awarded to eligible applicants by applying an award factor to that portion of the applicant's grant request which exceeds $7,000. (A) The award factor is determined by dividing the applicant's bonus points by 15, the highest possible number of points.(B) Award factor points are as follows: (I) Five points will be awarded to an eligible fire or rescue service who uses the grant funding to perform a regional/joint project as found in the definitions.(II) One point will be awarded for each person currently certified in accordance with the definitions in § 114.2, to a maximum of 10 points.(iii) If necessary, the resultant additional award will be pro rated by a factor determined by dividing the total program funds remaining after the base awards have been determined by the total amount of funds requested in excess of the base awards so that all grant awards do not exceed the total grant funds available.(iv) If funding is not fully distributed after this award factor calculation, the Agency reserves the right to adjust the award factor formula so that all grant funds available are distributed, subject to the act.(v) Volunteer fire company grants to individual volunteer fire companies will not exceed $15,000.(2)Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant. A volunteer ambulance service as defined in § 114.2 will be eligible for a grant, not to exceed $10,000, and pro rated by a factor determined by dividing the total funds available by the total amount of funds requested so that all grant awards do not exceed the total grant funds available. This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 114.4 (relating to program requirements and instructions).