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AFG
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Comprehensive Driver Program -
Information
on how to comply.
The
Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program requires a comprehensive
driver training program if you are awarded a
vehicle. This document will provide guidance as how you can comply.
2008 Workshop Notes and Handouts
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General
Information Needed For 2008 Application
Standards
and Laws
- General
Duty
Clause (Minnesota
Statute 182.653 Subd. 2)
- Click
here
- MN Law Requiring Two
Apparatuses 069.11Sub(4) f. - Click here
- NOTE: This law
pertains to qualifying for state aid.
OSHA & NIOSH
3rd Party Gap Analysis and
Statistical Data
- Insurance Service
Organization (ISO) - Click here
- League of Minnesota Cities
Insurance Trust LMCIT - Trends
in Firefighter
Injuries Report - The following is a summary of
findings from a recent LMCIT study of
firefighter injuries in Minnesota. LMCIT is still considering options
for publishing a full report and possible injury prevention techniques.
More information on the study will be presented at LMCIT's annual loss
control workshops, located around the state in March and April
(there's
a fire track as part of the workshops this year). Registration is open
at www.lmnc.org.
Questions on the study or findings can be directed to Ann Gergen, LMCIT
Associate Administrator, at 651-281-1291 or agergen@lmnc.org.
- LMCIT’s
firefighter injury evaluation
includes data from 290 lost-time firefighter work comp claims from
injuries that
occurred between 2002 and 2006, excluding
high-cost claims exceeding $50,000 (there are so few of these
claims and
the dollar amount is so great, including them would skew the findings). Claims included in this analysis had a total
incurred value of approximately $10.1 million. Previous
LMCIT research showed no significant
differences in
injuries based on firefighter status as full-time, paid-on-call, or
volunteer. Costs and claims from all
firefighters have been combined for purposes of our analysis.
- List of National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Standards - Click
here
- Vehicle Safety Requirements for 2009 in NFPA 1500 Chapter 6
- NFPA 1901 Ch 5 Minimum equipment on engines/pumpers - Click here
- NFPA 1901 Ch 9 Minimum equipment on quints - Click here
- NFPA 1901 Ch 7 Minimum equipment on tenders - Click here
- NFPA 1901 Ch 8 Minimum equipment on aerials - Click here
- NFPA 1906 Ch 5 Vehicle requirements for wildland
vehicles - Click
here
- NFPA 1906 Ch 10 Minimum equipment on wildland
vehicles - Click
here
- NFPA has
made all of their standards available on-line (with or without NFPA
membership). You can view the standard(s) but you cannot print,
download, or "cut & paste" the language. Here is how it works: Go to:http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp
Select the
document you want to review. Scroll down to the heading "Additional information about
this document" and click on the link "Preview this document".
Click on "I
agree".
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Federal
Requirements
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- Statewide
Radio
Coordination Board and Plan - Click
here
Scott
Wiggins
MN Department of Public Safety
ARMER Program Director
Scott.Wiggins@state.mn.us
651-201-7546
Interim Coordinator:
Tom Johnson
MN Department of Public Safety
444 Cedar Street, Suite 137
St. Paul, MN 55101
Ofc. (651) 201-7552
tom.m.johnson@state.mn.us
Statewide
Communication Interoperability Plan "SCIP"
*Regional
SCIP Presentation
*Homeland
Security - SAFECOM Criteria
*Q
& A
What is Required for P25
Compliance?
At a minimum, a P25 radio system must provide interoperability with
these two mandatory P25 Standard interface components:
- The Common Air Interface (CAI)
- The Improved Multi-Band Excitation (IMBE) vocoder
The
CAI enables P25 radios to interoperate and communicate digitally across
P25 networks and directly. This portion of the P25 standard suite was
selected to meet the unique radio system needs of the public safety
environment; coverage reliability, system design flexibility, and
inter-vendor compatibility.
The IMBE vocoder sets a uniform standard for converting speech into the
digital bitstream. IMBE was selected as the coding scheme most
successful at making male and female voices audible against background
noises such as moving vehicles, sirens, gunshots, and traffic noise –
the conditions of public safety use.
These two components, when used together enable P25 users to
interoperate and communicate digitally directly between units and
across networks, agencies, and vendors.
P25 has also defined standard modes of operation to enable multi-vendor
interoperability for additional system functions: trunking, encryption,
over-the-air rekeying, to name a few.
Project 25 also continues to develop a set of defined system interfaces
allow the P25 system elements to communicate with host computers, data
terminals and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). These
interfaces are critical to assure that P25 systems maintain
compatibility with the evolving telecommunications and
data-communications world.
http://www.project25.org/index.php
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Application
Screens
- On Line Application Web
Site - Click
here
- Get a D&B D-U-N-S
Number - Click
here
- Your Fire Departments
Identification Number FDID Number
- Your Fire Departments
Identification Number (FDID is the
same as NFIRS) FDID Number
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Critical Infrastructure
Does
your organization protect
critical infrastructure of
the state? YES
AS
OF 2009 ALL MN
COUNTIES HAVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - HSEM
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Narrative
Tips
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Grant Writers and Grant Writing
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The Panel
Review Process
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- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2008
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2007
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2006
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2005
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2004
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2003
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2002
- AFGP Awards to
Minnesota Fire Departments - 2001
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The person who
makes it all work and his team.
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How
Long Should It take To Sign An Apparatus Contract?
AFG Staff Responds
We recognize that
normal build times for custom/semi-custom fire apparatus is 270 to 360
days depending on the type of vehicle and the various specifications
included in the vehicle.
We also recognize
that the Federal government requires open and fair competition which
can take 30 to 60 days. Given these two ‘givens’, it is not
always possible to have a vehicle purchased and delivered within the
12-month performance period provided with the grants. BUT, there
is very little excuse for not completing the project within 15
months.
We are willing to
work with grantees that need the extra three months IF the grantee does
everything in their power to assure that the project is completed in
the most expeditious manner.
We see no reason
why a vehicle grantee couldn’t meet the following schedule:
develop specs and advertise their purchase within the first 30 days of
the performance period; receive and evaluate bid proposals within 60
days; and, sign a contract for purchase within 90 days.
In the past,
we’ve heard the excuses like, “We’ve never had the opportunity to buy a
new vehicle before, so we wanted to make sure the vehicle meets all of
our needs.” But wrestling over the placement of the chrome bell
shouldn’t take the entire 12-month performance period.
All awards are
made on the premise of urgency, i.e., based on claims that if the
applicant doesn’t replace this vehicle immediately, lives will be
lost.
If a grantee has
the luxury of delaying action on their vehicle award, then we believe
we have reasonable doubt about any statements in their application
regarding the urgency.
If a grantee
doesn’t get a signed contract within 90 days, they should hope that
their build time is relatively short.
Currently,
grantees that seek extensions to their period of performance when
little or nothing has been done during the original POP are being
denied and the grantee is being instructed to find a commercial vehicle
that fits their scope of work.
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Legislation Affecting the AFG
Program
Internet Site for
the OMB budget documents
follows:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/browse.html
Office of Management and Budget
--budget documents.
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