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Fire Commission approves two FEMA grants for water-rescue equipment and PPE
Summary
The commission voted to retroactively accept a roughly $199,000 Port Security Grant for water-rescue equipment and a $2,755,852.03 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to purchase personal protective equipment, including SCBA modernization; both resolutions passed by voice vote.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on Dec. 11 approved two grant resolutions authorizing the department to accept and expend federal awards from FEMA.
Finance and planning director Mark Corso said the first award is a fiscal year 2024 Port Security Grant to fund water-rescue equipment and specialized training, described in the meeting as approximately $199,000. The commission moved and passed a resolution recommending the Board of Supervisors retroactively authorize acceptance of the award.
Corso also presented a fiscal year Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA for $2,755,852.03 to purchase personal protective equipment and to modernize self-contained breathing apparatus. Corso described the award as advancing health-and-safety priorities and allowing the department to acquire updated SCBA technology. Commissioners asked about other aging apparatus and fleet funding options; Corso said the department is working with the controller’s office on a fleet analysis and exploring potential bonds or grants but that replacement costs are large.
Both grant resolutions were moved, seconded, and approved during the meeting; detailed, individual roll-call vote tallies were not recorded in the public transcript beyond affirmative voice statements.
