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A fire department can apply for assistance for its emergency medical services unit <br />provided the unit falls organizationally under the auspices of the fire department. Airport <br />fire departments and port authority fire departments are eligible, but only if they have a <br />formally recognizedarrangementwith the local jurisdictionto provide fire suppression <br />services, on a first-due basis, outside the confines of the airport or port facilities. Airport <br />fire departments and port authority fire departments whose sole responsibility is <br />suppression of fires on the airport grounds or port are not eligible for this grant program. <br />Fire departments that are Federal, or contracted by the Federal government, and <br />which are solely responsible under their formally recognized arrangement for suppression <br />of fires on Federal installations, are not eligible for this grant program. Fire departments <br />or fire stations that are not independent but are part of, or controlled by a larger fire <br />department or agency are typically not eligible to apply on their own, but may be <br />included in the larger agency's application. Fire departments that are for-profit <br />departments (i.e., do not have specific non-profit status or are not municipally based) are <br />not eligible to apply for assistance under this program. Also not eligible for this program <br />are non-fire based EMS companies, ambulance services, rescue squads, auxiliaries, dive <br />teams, urban search and rescue teams, fire service organizations or associations, and <br />State/local agencies such as a forest service, fire marshal, hospitals, and training offices. <br />Each eligible applicant is limited to one application per application period. In <br />instances where more than one application is submitted on behalf of any one applicant, <br />all applications for that applicant will be deemed ineligible. Two legally independent fire <br />departments sharing facilities should submit only one application. For our purposes, we <br />consider this to be one departmentthat should be able to address all of their operational <br />� <br />