What costs are ineligible under the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program?
• Costs incurred in the mitigation, management, and control of undeclared fires. • Costs related to planning, pre-suppression, and recovery activities. • Costs for the straight or regular time salaries and benefits of a subgrantee’s permanently employed or reassigned personnel. • Costs for a declared fire burning on com-mingled Federal land when such costs are reimbursable to the State by another Federal agency. What does the term “mitigation” mean under the FMAGP? Mitigation is defined as the necessary actions to minimize the damage caused by the declared fire. Mitigation is not defined as mitigation measures to prevent future fires, or other actions normally associated with Public Assistance Section 406 Mitigation measures or policy. What is pre-positioning and how does it relate to the FMAGP? Pre-positioning is defined under 44 CFR § 204.3 as “moving existing fire prevention or suppression resources from an area of lower fire danger to one of higher fire danger in anticipation of an
