Section 1735-H. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
The following shall apply to appropriations for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency:
(1) Money appropriated for search and rescue programs shall be used to support programs related to training working service dogs focusing on rescue and public safety.
(2) Money appropriated for the State Fire Commissioner includes funding for a Statewide recruitment and retention coordinator and regional technical advisors to develop, implement and deliver recruitment and retention training programs and provide technical assistance to local fire organizations and local governments.
(3) Money appropriated for State disaster assistance shall be used to provide individual disaster recovery assistance to assist in the recovery from emergencies and nonfederally declared disasters. Amounts under this paragraph may be used for critical needs assistance and to repair damage to residential properties not compensated by insurance or any other funding sources. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency shall develop guidelines to implement this paragraph and submit the guidelines to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(4) From money appropriated for urban search and rescue, up to $6,000,000 shall be distributed to the sponsoring agency of an urban search and rescue task force organized within a regional counterterrorism task force covering a county of the second class established under Chapter 2 of the act of December 16, 2002 (P.L.1967, No.227), known as the Counterterrorism Planning, Preparedness and Response Act. Money distributed under this paragraph shall be used for equipment, equipment storage and training necessary for the urban search and rescue task force to meet or exceed the minimum requirements of a Type 3 urban search and rescue task force as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the resource-typing definition contained in the National Incident Management System guidelines, document identification number 8-508-1262, published in September 2020.
(1735-H repealed and added July 11, 2024, P.L.550, No.54)