# Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/dhs-21-dod-025-00-01-fiscal-year-fy-2021-national-urban-search-rescue/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334206

> Department of Homeland Security - FEMA offered grants of up to $1.4 million (at least $1.2 million) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 28 awards worth $35.8 million in total. Applications closed on July 15, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | DHS-21-DOD-025-00-01 |
| Agency | Department of Homeland Security - FEMA |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 15, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $1.4 million |
| Award floor | $1.2 million |
| Expected awards | 28 |
| Total funding | $35.8 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 97.025 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Applicant must be one of the 28 currently designated FEMA National US&R Task Forces.

## What the grant funds

The National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System) provides funding for 28 national task forces staffed and equipped to assist State and local governments conduct around-the-clock search-and-rescue operations following a Presidentially declared major disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act (e.g., earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, aircraft accidents, hazardous materials spills and catastrophic structure collapses). When deployed, these task forces support State and local emergency responders' efforts to locate survivors and manage recovery operations. This program supports DHS Mission 5, Goal 5.1: "Enhance National Readiness," as provided in the DHS 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. The objective of this Cooperative Agreement is to provide for the sustainment and readiness of the System and local jurisdictions, through the funding of: administration and management, training, equipment, and storage and maintenance. Program Priorities are as follows:1. Ensure that System Sponsoring Agency Administrative Organizations manage and administer task force affairs and activities consistent with best practices; to include making available training and exercises that enable task force personnel to safely perform assigned duties in accordance with established FEMA and System standards and guidance.2. Ensure a state of readiness and enhance operational effectiveness by acquiring and maintaining equipment and tools in accordance with the System's current approved FEMA Equipment Cache List.3. Provide leased space to meet the office, training site and storage requirements of the System.4. Optimize standby activities by making available resources to enable catastrophic event planning, mobilization exercises and technical assistance.5. Provide forums to enable FEMA and System Sponsoring Agency senior leadership coordination and discussion on System strategic issues.

## Questions people ask

### Is DHS-21-DOD-025-00-01 still open?

No. It closed on July 15, 2021.

### Who can apply for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement?

Department of Homeland Security - FEMA accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperative Agreement?

Closed July 15, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.4 million each. About $35.8 million in total across about 28 awards.

### Who has won National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were City of Riverside, Miami Valley Fire-Ems Alliance, City of Indianapolis. The program made 224 awards worth $413 million in that time.