1220 Washington Avenue State Office Building Campus Building 7A Albany, NY 12242
LOCAL, COUNTY AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Fiscal Year 2014 Explosive Detection Canine Team Grant Program
Fiscal Year 2014 Explosive Detection Canine Team Grant Program seeks applications for up to $60,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) for programs to develop and support explosive detection canine team capabilities. The six primary objectives of this grant are: 1.) The advancement of explosive detection canine team capabilities; 2.) The certification of explosive detection canine teams and compliance with annual re-certification requirements; 3.) Participation in DHS’s Office for Bombing Prevention’s (DHS-OBP) Explosive Detection Canine Capability Analysis Program; 4.) Alignment to New York State’s thirteen FBI Accredited bomb squads; 5.) Use of the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS); and, 6.) Promotion of regional partnerships in the development of mutual explosive detection canine team capabilities. Grants will be awarded to support local, county and Tribal law enforcement agencies with an active road patrol component of their law enforcement operations.
Applications will be accepted from June 11, 2014 through 11:59 p.m. on July 25, 2014 through the State’s Electronic Grants Management System (E-Grants).
For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants or DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133.
1220 Washington Avenue State Office Building Campus Building 7A Albany, NY 12242
LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS
Fiscal Year 2014 Technical Rescue and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Grant Program
Fiscal Year 2014 Technical Rescue and Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Grant Program seeks applications for up to $100,000 in federal State Homeland Security Program funding made available by the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) for programs to develop and support technical rescue and USAR team capabilities.
Grants will be awarded to local governmental entity emergency response teams that provide technical rescue and USAR related services involving structural collapse, trench, confined space, waterway/flood and rope rescues to respond to and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. The three primary objectives of this grant are: (1) advancement of Technical Rescue and USAR capabilities; (2) development of regional response capabilities; and (3) increasing the resource typing of Technical Rescue and USAR resources in New York State.
Applications will be accepted from June 17, 2014 through 11:59 p.m. on July 29, 2014 via e-mail to grants@dhses.ny.gov.
For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants or DHSES’s Grant Hotline at (866) 837-9133.
