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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract and all necessary amendments, including term extensions, with the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office to receive and expend Department of Homeland Security grant funding for the 2009 State Homeland Security Grant Program; and increase appropriations by $523,624 in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Fire Department (FD). (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office recently advised the City of Long Beach that the 2009 State Homeland Security Grant Program funds have been awarded. This grant is appropriated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and managed through the State of California Office of Homeland Security and Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office. Under this grant program, the Long Beach Fire Department will receive a total of $523,624 to continue implementation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) and the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP). City Council authorization is required to execute a contract and necessary amendments, accept the grant funds and increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund in the Fire Department.
The MMRS grants began in 2001 as part of the Department of Homeland Security's goal to better prepare local governments to respond to any CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) event. The funds have been used to secure emergency medicines for responders and the public, and to increase the capabilities of the Long Beach Fire Department and the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services. The MMRS 2009 grant award of $311,584 will be utilized to increase the capabilities of emergency responders and to enhance the capabilities of the City of Long Beach by providing for training of staff and procurement of emergency response equipment. The SHSGP 2009 grant award of $212,040 will be utilized to enhance domestic emergency preparedness through Hazardous Mater...
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