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in the narrative section of their application regarding their local plan to enable <br />interoperability for their jurisdiction. <br />(a) Trainin� activities: DHS may make grants for the purpose of training <br />firefighting personnel. Examples of training activities include, but are not limited to, <br />firefighter I and II certifications; first-responderEMS; driver/operator; fire officer; <br />hazardous materials response; incident command; supervision and safety; CBRNE <br />awareness, performance, planning and management; or train-the-trainer courses in any of <br />these areas. <br />Eligible uses of training funds include but are not limited to tuition, exam and <br />course fees, certification and/or re-certification expenses, purchase of training curricula, <br />training equipment (including trailers and simulators), training props, training services <br />(such as instructors), attendance at formal training forums, etc. Tow vehicles or other <br />means of transport may be eligible as a transportation expense under this activity if <br />adequately justified in your grant proposal, but we will limit transportation expenses to <br />$6,000 per year per application. Compensationto volunteer firefighters for wages lost <br />because of attending training under this program is an eligible expense if justified in your <br />grant proposal. Overtime expenses paid to career firefighters to attend training, or <br />overtime expenses paid to firefighters to cover for colleagues while the colleagues are in <br />training, are eligible expenses if justified in your grant proposal. Even though <br />compensation is an eligible expense, proposals that contain such compensation expenses <br />may be less favorably scored than similar proposals without compensation expenses due <br />to the cost-benefit element in the evaluation process. <br />l� <br />