Funding & Research: DHS Grants

Department of Homeland Security Grants
Deccan’s software suite plays a crucial role in strategic and real-time disaster planning.  Using ADAM, CAD Analyst, BARB and LiveMUM, an agency can become its own in-house deployment consultant.  It can assess fluctuating incident rates and its response capacity for major disasters—transportation accidents, bridge and dam failures, floods, large building fires, earthquakes, riots, and terrorist attacks, for example.

As such, Deccan’s applications complement fully a variety of initiatives offered by DHS, among them—

• State Homeland Security Program
• Urban Areas Security Initiative
• Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program
• Metropolitan Medical Response System
• Citizen Corps Program

State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHGP)... Supports the implementation of the State Homeland Security Strategy for equipment, training, planning, and exercise needs related to terrorist acts.  In addition, SHSP supports the implementation of the National Preparedness Goal, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Response Plan.

Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program (UASI)... Addresses the unique needs of high threat, high density, urban areas and assists these areas in building a sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.  Agencies may use SHSP funding to achieve or enhance all of the following capabilities as long as they are compliant with the program’s main Goal.  That Goal places a national priority on enhanced regional collaboration.  States must adopt regional approaches to planning and preparedness and are encouraged to adopt regional response structures in meeting those needs identified by the Homeland Security Strategies: 

• Planning
• Risk Management
• Info Gathering & Recognition of Indicators & Warnings
• Intelligence Analysis & Production
• Intelligence/Information Sharing & Dissemination
• On-Site Incident Management
• Emergency Operations Center Management
• Public Safety & Security Response
• Firefighting Operations/Support

The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program is another avenue for strengthening the Nation’s overall level of preparedness and its ability to respond to fire and fire-related hazards. This program has granted funds to fire departments and other first responders since 2001. To date, it has given a total of $2.4 billion to first-responder organizations for the purchase of response equipment, personal protective gear, and vehicles.

These grants go directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations. They are intended to enhance our first responder’s ability to protect the health and safety of the public as well as the first-responders themselves. Using a competitive process overseen by subject matter experts from the fire service, DHS awards applicants whose requests best address the priorities of the AFG program.   

To facilitate your grant application process, contact Sai Krishnamurthi at 858-764-8333 for information regarding agencies and departments which have successfully obtain grant funding for Deccan’s applications.