Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System Readiness Cooperation Agreement

Funding Opportunity Number: DHS-15-DOD-025-000-01 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 97.025Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DHS-DHSClosing Date: Jul 15, 2015Award Ceiling: $1,312,082Expected Number of Awards: 28Creation Date: Jun 10, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The National Urban Search and Rescue Response System (US&R) provides funding for 28 national task forces staffed and equipped to conduct round-the-clock search-and-rescue operations following earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, aircraft accidents, hazardous materials spills and catastrophic structure collapses. These task forces, when deployed support state and local emergency responders' efforts to locate victims and manage recovery operations.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding