Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0780 - Commerce and Insurance
Subtitle 0780-02 - Division of Fire Prevention
Chapter 0780-02-24 - Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training Grant Program
Section 0780-02-24-.02 - APPLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

(1) Fire departments shall complete applications on forms provided by the State Fire Marshal's Office. The State Fire Marshal's Office will develop a form for the federal matching fund and a form for the firefighter equipment and training grant program. The application for the firefighter equipment and training grant program will include technical requirements established by the State Fire Marshal's Office to be used to determine grant recipients.

(2) In addition to other technical requirements established by the State Fire Marshal's Office and published with the application, preference will also be given to the volunteer fire departments which:

(3) Application deadlines will be established annually by the State Fire Marshal's Office based on available funding and will be published on the Department's website.

(4) The applications shall be reviewed in accordance with state law and contracting rules and procedures established by the Central Procurement Office at the Department of General Services.

(5) Applications for matching funds to meet local match requirements for federal grants shall include a copy of the award letter of the federal grant for firefighting equipment.