Expenses Related to Operating a Facility or Providing a Service

The Applicant may incur additional costs related to operating a facility as a result of the incident because of an increased demand for the services the facility provides.

These additional costs are only eligible if:

The services are specifically related to eligible emergency actions to save lives or protect public health and safety or improved property;

 The costs are for a limited period of time based on the exigency of the circumstances; and

 The Applicant tracks and documents the additional costs.

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Potentially eligible increased operating costs include, but are not limited to, costs for:

 Generators at a hospital or police station  Water testing and treatment supplies in the immediate aftermath of the incident to counter

a specific threat

 Fuel for increased use of a pumping station

 EOC facility costs (e.g., utilities)

Examples of ineligible operating costs include, but are not limited to, costs for:

 Patient care, except as noted in Chapter 2:VI.B.9

 Administrative activities

 Provision of food, except as noted in Chapter 2:VI.B.5, 7, and 8

 Obtaining electrical power from an alternate source

 Obtaining water from an alternate source

 School make-up days, including contracted costs for bus service for make-up days

 Provision of fuel for school bus service

For PNPs, operating costs are generally not eligible even if the services are emergency services, unless the PNP performs an emergency service at the request of and certified by the legally responsible government entity. In such case, FEMA provides PA funding through that government entity as the eligible Applicant.

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