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Council authorizes grant applications for rescue lift‑bag kit and firefighter physicals
Summary
Grapevine approved staff requests to apply for a $28,000 lift‑bag kit through the UASI grant program and to apply for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant to cover firefighter physicals (with a reported local match of $48,000).
The Grapevine City Council voted to authorize two separate grant actions for the Grapevine Fire Department: staff will apply for an Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant for a technical‑rescue lift‑bag kit and will apply for a Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to cover firefighter physicals.
Steve Brown, who introduced the UASI request, described a lift‑bag kit used by technical‑rescue teams to inflate low‑profile bags that lift or stabilize victims or structure components in building‑collapse or confined‑space rescue scenarios. Brown said the department currently carries one kit on its rescue vehicle and additional similar bags on ladder trucks; he told council the full kit costs approximately $28,000.
Brown also presented the AFG opportunity to fund firefighter medical physicals for up to two years, noting the grant requires a local match of $48,000 in the department’s application. Council members said applying was appropriate; motions to submit both grant applications carried during the meeting (motions recorded as carried).
