By Mandy George
There are well knownFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)grants such as theStaffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER)and援助消防员补助programs that benefit fire departments on a regular basis. These grants ensure funding for equipment, personnel, and programs for many types and sizes of departments. They are the “go-to grants” and for good reason: a department can purchase approved items from the Authorized Equipment List (AEL) with funds from these grants. However, a department may have specialty programs with grants that could benefit not only the program itself, but the whole department and even the region. An example of this alignment is with a Regional Incident Management Team (IMT), a Local Fire Department, and a grant such as the FEMA Homeland Security Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) program.
IMT是一个类型的专业团队,通常是exclusively supported by grant funds. These teams primarily operate on the regional level and aid organizations when large-scale incidents overwhelm the resources of a locality. Whereas some types of teams deploy primarily to assist with various types of manpower, IMTs deploy to assist with the incident command and the logistical management of the incident itself. For example, after the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 31, 2019, the Hampton Roads Incident Management Team (HRIMT) deployed to assist Virginia Beach Emergency Managers with logistical and command support for the around-the-clock management of complex tragedy. They also deployed to Richmond, Virginia, due to civil unrest in 2020 and 2021 to support incident command.
对暴力和复杂事件的支持是对这些组织的范围是如何支持“全危害”紧急情况的良好示例。这通常转化为在洪水，飓风和其他天气事件期间支持事件命令的部署。但是，重要的是要注意，这些团队也被创造，以支持由于恐怖主义，国内暴力极端主义和内乱的威胁。这些是在申请某些类型的FEMA补助时需要突出显示的危险。
IMT满足FEMA中安全和安全生命线的使命。然而，这是这种特定的恐怖主义危害，区域IMT的障碍，以及明确地申请资金机会通知（Nofo）对恐怖主义，允许在专业团队中取得成功的Uasi Grant计划。本月，我坐在威廉“跳过”希金纳，一个退休的切萨皮克（VA）消防局营队长和汉普顿道路事件管理团队（HRIMT）的计划经理，一个III型全危害IMT，学习技巧建立专业团队成功补助申请的贸易。他有五个建议，刚开始刚开始或有挑战的人确保他们所需的资金：
1。您必须遵循NOFO，或者甚至没有费用提交补助金。
NOFO是主要指导文件，列出谁可以申请授予，何时以及需要包含的文件和信息。uasi Grant的Nofo是国土安全补助计划的一部分，超过54页。如有必要，请仔细阅读并获得更多经验丰富的拨款作家的帮助。
2。Spelling and grammar are not as important as following directions and putting the correct content into the grant application.
赠款申请优选没有错误和语法声音。但是，由于单词或字符数的限制，可能需要使用句子片段或缩写。确保内容相关，清晰易读和专注。在这种情况下，内容可以胜过风格。
3.使用批判性思考来看看大局。
UASI grants must focus on security and terrorism. If your department or team needs a high-water truck for regional use during floods, it is important to show how that apparatus can be used in a terrorist event to be able to secure such an apparatus with UASI funds. If this truck will be used for water crossings if bridges are compromised due to terrorist activity, then it will potentially meet the requirements of the grant because the truck meets both a safety need and the regional use criteria. If the grant just says the high-water truck will be used during floods, the funding will likely be denied because that statement does not connect terrorism or regional use of the vehicle.
这种类型的大图思维可能很难受到困难的，最常见于部门内的多种不同类型的职位经验或者在城市内的各种群体工作的人。有必要知道大局如何工作，以便能够将所有元素系在一起。
4.使用指导文档来支持每个Grant的核心功能和任务。
FEMA 2018 - 2010年的战略计划和汉普顿道路威胁和危险识别和风险评估（Thira）具有特定的信息，可以支持赠款联邦和地区的赠款核心能力。您可以使用这些文档确保您的撰写继续为确保批准和资金所需的恐怖主义和安全性继续创建Nexus。
5.Know your mission as an organization and as a specialty team. If you don’t know your mission, it’s hard to write a grant for it.
它似乎是基本的，但没有使命，您的补助金的目标和与“大图片”的联系将是困难或不可能的。如果您的组织或专业团队没有使命，请花时间发展一个。
提供区域和专业团队的资助，提供的资金可以帮助您的当地部门以及日常运营设备以及在威胁时期社区受益的物品。确保这些资金需要遵循方向，插入正确的内容，使用支持文档，并知道您作为组织的使命。最后，如果您对这些类型的拨款是新的，即使您必须与联邦或州联系人联系，那些也会获得更多经验者的帮助。总人们总是愿意伸出援助之手！
Mandy Georgeis a lieutenant in the Chesapeake (VA) Fire Department. She is a training officer who works with a strong team to facilitate the training needs of a 500-member department of sworn and civilian personnel. She has a master’s degree in emergency and disaster management, a master’s degree in professional writing, and an associate’s degree in emergency medical services. She is also a Nationally Registered Paramedic (NRP).
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