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Fire

Fire Suppression
Program Changes Direct Cost Positions Total Cost

Changes in Salaries, Expense, Equipment, and Special

Continuation of Services
14. Disaster Response Staffing - - -
Continue resolution authority for one Storekeeper II to manage
the procurement and inventory of the Department's emergency
response cache. Funding will be provided through interim
appropriations from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency - Urban Search and Rescue Task Force Grant
Program.
15. 2017 SAFER Grant 3,799,466 21 5,312,475
Continue funding and add regular authority for 21 Firefighter
IIIs to staff a Light Force at Fire Station 38 in the Wilmington
Area. The 2017 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response (SAFER) Grant previously funded a portion of the
salaries and related costs over a three-year term which expired
on January 6, 2022. Add funding in the Sworn Bonuses and
Overtime Constant Staffing accounts. Related costs consist of
employee benefits.
SW: $2,649,948 SWB: $36,540 SOFFCS: $1,112,978
Related Costs: $1,513,009
16. Helitanker Lease 121,747 - 121,747
Add funding to the Contractual Services Account for increased
costs associated with the lease of a Type I Helitanker used in
suppressing large-scale wildfires capable of providing water
dropping or fire-retardant material over a widespread area.
EX: $121,747
17. 2016 SAFER Grant 8,684,494 48 12,142,801
Continue funding and add regular authority for 48 Firefighter
IIIs for the restoration of four engine companies in Lincoln
Heights, Echo Park, Reseda, and Mission Hills. A portion of the
salaries and related costs were previously funded by the 2016
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)
Grant over a three-year term that expired on January 21, 2021.
Add funding in the Sworn Bonuses and Overtime Constant
Staffing accounts. Related costs consist of employee benefits.
SW: $6,057,024 SWB: $83,520 SOFFCS: $2,543,950
Related Costs: $3,458,307
TOTAL Fire Suppression 11,813,206 69

D 2021-22 Program Budget 366,207,974 1,868
Changes in Salaries, Expense, Equipment, and Special 11,813,206 69
2022-23 PROGRAM BUDGET 378,021,180 1,937

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