Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on the basis of an amount established, in metropolitan departments, by defence and security zone and, in overseas departments, by department. This apportionment takes into account, as from 1 January 2005, the subsidy to be paid to the fire…

Eligible for grants from the investment aid fund are operations concerning equipment and materials recommended by the central administration and of national, zonal or departmental interest, belonging to the following categories: – equipment and materials for fighting structure fires; – equipment and materials for fighting fires in natural areas and for intervention to protect the environment; – equipment and materials for fighting technological, nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical risks ;…

The minimum rate of subsidy may not be less than 20% of the estimated amount of subsidisable expenditure excluding tax. The maximum rate of grant may not exceed 60% of this amount, or of the final amount of the operation in the case provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article D. 1424-32-10. However, in the case of an operation presented by a fire and rescue service and…

The commission instituted in II of article L. 1424-36-1 referred to above is chaired by the prefect of the defence and security zone, or, in his absence, by the delegate prefect for defence and security placed under his authority. For the Paris defence and security zone, it is chaired by the police prefect or, in his absence, by the prefect, chief of staff to the police prefect. The commission is…

The grant application is sent by the chairman of the board of directors of the fire and rescue service or by the mayor of Marseille, to the departmental prefect. It is accompanied by: 1° An explanatory note specifying the purpose of the operation, its estimated duration, its overall projected cost and the amount of the grant requested; 2° The deliberation of the fire and rescue service’s board of directors or…

Applications for grants are examined in accordance with the procedure and deadlines set out in the decree no. 2018-514 of 25 June 2018 on State grants for investment projects.

Programme authorisations are allocated and notified to departmental prefects by the minister responsible for civil protection on the basis of the annual list of operations to be subsidised drawn up by the prefect of the defence and security zone, in accordance with the criteria set by the commission established in II of article L. 1424-36-1 susvisé.

The departmental prefect shall request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.