Section 47.905. Eligibility.

 

(1)   Eligible applicant. An eligible applicant is:

(a) A fire department that provides service to a municipality that has executed a forest fire suppression agreement to assist the department in suppression of forest fires.

(b) A Wisconsin fire suppression organization that agrees to assist the department in the suppression of forest fires.

(2)   Eligible uses of grant funds. Requests for grant assistance are limited to materials, supplies and equipment which are primarily and directly associated with forest fire protection and suppression. Examples of eligible projects include:

(a) Forest fire protective clothing that meets NFPA Standard 1977.

(b) Tools and small diameter hose used for forest fire suppression, foam and portable foam delivery equipment, dry hydrants, vehicle slip-on pumping units.

(c) Communication equipment that is used for forest fire protection and suppression activities, such as radios, pagers, base station and repeater towers.

(d) Rural fire mapping and numbering and materials, supplies and equipment and direction or location devices such as global positioning system devices.

(e) Off-road vehicles such as all-wheel drive trucks of 1 to 5 ton capacity which are used primarily for forest fire suppression. Grant assistance for vehicles is limited to applications from individual fire departments.

(f) Forest fire prevention supplies.

(g) Forest fire training materials.

Cr. Register, May, 1998, No. 509 , eff. 6-1-98; CR 01-146 : cr. (2) (f) and (g) Register May 2002 No. 557 , eff. 6-1-02.