NCJ Number
186163
Date Published
2001
Length
68 pages
Annotation
This booklet provides program guidelines and an application kit for the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Equipment Program, which mandates funding for the equipment component of a broader initiative designed to enhance the response capability of designated cities in the event of terrorist acts that involve the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Abstract
The Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program was created under Title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-201, September 23, 1996), which authorized funding for the Department of Defense to develop a domestic preparedness training and equipment program. As part of this effort, the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs has been given authority to provide funds to cities that participate in the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program (DPP) for the purchase of specialized training equipment for fire, emergency medical, and hazardous materials response services, as well as for law enforcement agencies. Types of equipment for which funding is provided include personal-protection, detection, and decontamination training equipment. Expenditures for equipment such as vehicles and trailers, communications equipment, general-use laptop computers, computer monitors and printers, and video-monitoring equipment, as well as arms and ammunition, are not allowed under this grant program. After describing the features of the DPP, this booklet explains funding availability and criteria for eligible applicants, application requirements, the program narrative, reporting requirements, and administrative requirements. Appended online application instructions and job aid, sample equipment purchase budget detail worksheet, sample emergency response enhancement report, application checklist, fiscal year 2001 authorized equipment purchase list, a list of State Administrative Agency points of contact, and a list of FBI WMD coordinator contacts