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R�� <br />Request for Council Action <br />Date: July 10, 2000 <br />Item Number: �-2 <br />Department Approval Manager Approval Agenda Section <br />% <br />Item Description: United States Fire Administration Fire Safety Grant Application <br />Consent <br />Back�round: The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is <br />offering fire prevention/education grants as part of its National Fire Safety Campaign. Ten grants of $25,000 <br />will be awarded to eligible organizations selected from applications postmarked by July 24, 2000. <br />The new grant program is designed to help organizations currently working in communities with high-risk <br />groups on fire safety and prevention. The USFA has identified, through studies of fire-related injuries and <br />deaths, that the elderly and children are high-risk population groups. The grants are aimed at delivering <br />educational services and materials that will strengthen fire safety awareness for these high-risk audiences. <br />Policv Implications: The fire department currently provides limited fire safety education programs to children <br />and no programs that are targeted toward the elderly. This grant will be used to develop and deliver more <br />programs to children and introduce fire safety education to the elderly. <br />Financial: No additional financial obligation is required by the City. <br />Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends the application for grant funding of a fire safety education <br />program for high-risk audiences, such as children and elderly, and sees this as a cost effective way to reduce the <br />occurrence of fire and burn injuries. <br />Council Action Requested: Motion to authorize the fire department to apply for the United States Fire <br />Administration's fire prevention/education grant in the amount of $25,000. <br />