Live Fire Training Structure Grant Program

FAQs for Live Fire Training Structure Grant

• Open to Virginia localities.

• Grant funds may not be used for anything other than Live Fire Training Structure construction or renovation as specified in the contract between parties.  Grant funds may only be used for the construction/erection, renovation, or repair of the Live Fire Training Structure, and direct-related costs to the construction/erection, renovation, or repair within 15 feet of the Live Fire Training Structure including E/A costs. (The 15 feet was established as a safety zone for firefighting evolutions.) 
  
  Grant funds will not be approved for any civil engineering site plan implementation or any other ancillary costs assumed as overhead or ordinary cost of managing a capital project.

  Examples of site plan implementation, or ordinary costs of managing a capital project include but are not limited to site clearing, grubbing, excavation with the exception of the foundation, back filling with the exception of the foundation, seeding, fencing, or any other form of site restoration, site surveys, site layouts, water testing, soil testing, water run-off analysis, air quality analysis, access roads, paving/graveling, easement or land lease costs, running lines or conduit for electrical supply or water source, bonding for contractors or jurisdictions, or any other overhead expense that is not directly related to the construction/erection, renovation, or repair of the Live Fire Training Structure.

  Grant funds may not be used for routine maintenance or operations costs for new or existing Live Fire Training Structure.
  
  
  • Proper VDFP required signage is required to be placed on the exterior of all sides of the permanent Live Fire Training Structure that have points of entry (ingress or egress).
  • In addition, VDFP requires signage includes the octagonal sign that recognizes the Board’s financial investment in the structure, and the rectangular sign addressing usage criteria.  Production and installation of the signs is an allowable cost to the grant program.
• Any eligible jurisdiction may submit an application for a new construction Live Fire Training Structure grant or a renovation to a Live Fire Training Structure by completing and filing the prescribed form.
  
  
  • Applications for new construction or renovation projects will be received for review bi-annually and must be postmarked by either January 1 or July 1.
  • Emergency renovation applications may be submitted at any time for consideration provided the application meets the “Emergency Renovations” qualification.
  • Any renovations applications received that are not identified as “taken out of service by VDFP for certified training” will be held until the next application deadline cycle.
  • Repair Project application submissions, up to $50,000 will be accepted by the Agency at any time throughout the year. 

• Localities shall provide progress reports to VDFP every ninety (90) days until their project is completed.

  The foregoing measured from the date of the transfer of funds to the eligible jurisdiction.  Reports shall be made to the Grants Manager. 

• • New Construction and Renovation Projects: January 1 and July 1 annually.
  • Emergency Renovations/Repairs up to $50,000: Applications accepted anytime.