帮助奖

CHEMTREC® is the world’s leading source of 24/7 call center support and information during hazardous materials incidents. 50多年来, our engagement with emergency responders around the world has been the engine that drives our success. In light of that relationship, CHEMTREC has partnered with the 全国志愿消防委员会 (NVFC) to award $10,000 each to six volunteer fire departments in the U.S. 他们也是NVFC的成员. The awards are intended to help the fire departments enhance their response capabilities and increase local preparedness to respond to and prepare for hazardous materials incidents.

The 2024 帮助奖s are sponsored by the following companies:

• CHEMTREC(全国3个奖项)
• 美国化学理事会 (1 Award Nationwide)
• Dow (1 Award for Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas)
• LyondellBasell (1 Award for Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, and Texas)

To be eligible to apply for the CHEMTREC® HELP (Hazmat Emergencies Local 准备) Award, departments must meet the following criteria:

• 由超过50%的志愿者组成
• 服务人口不超过25000人
• Funding for the Department’s most recently completed fiscal year must not have exceeded $250,000 
  • If the volunteer fire department is incorporated within a city fire department, the volunteer fire department must be a separate 501(c) organization and maintain their finances separately to qualify for the 帮助奖.
  • The funding requirement includes all funding the volunteer fire department received, whether it was from the city/county/town budget/tax funding, 筹款, 社会捐赠, 订阅, EMS服务/收入回收, 或者其他来源.
  • 超过250美元的唯一例外,000 threshold is if the department received a one-time grant in the most recently completed fiscal year that set them over the $250,000年的限制, then they are required to disclose their funding levels for 3 consecutive preceding years showing the department’s total income is normally below $250,每年000.
• Be located in the United States and legally organized under state law. Tribal entities servicing a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are chartered pursuant to IRA Section 17 or organized by a tribal government pursuant to a tribal code or resolution are eligible to apply.
• Chief or individual applying on behalf of the department must be a member of the NVFC. 了解会员福利并加入 www.nvfc.org/join
• Demonstrate in the application essay their need to receive the award by describing the equipment, 资源, and/or training the department would purchase and/or the training they would attend to increase their response capabilities for hazardous materials incidents, as well explaining the potential hazardous materials incidents that could occur in their community
• Only one application will be accepted per department. Any subsequent applications received for that department during the award year will be disqualified. Past recipients of the 帮助奖 must wait five years before reapplying for the award.
• Departments that receive the award must use the money to increase their department’s hazmat response capabilities and not for any other purpose. 该奖项不能重新分配.
• Departments that receive the award agree that their department name, 他们申请论文的细节, and all photos taken during the award presentation may be used in media by CHEMTREC, TRANSCAER, 美国化学理事会, and the NVFC for the purposes of promoting the award program. The departments who receive the awards also agree to a department visit by CHEMTREC and the NVFC for the award presentation within 60 days of notification of the announcement of the award.

The 2024 帮助奖申请 is now open through September 1. Please fill out the form below to submit an application. 由CHEMTREC选定的专家小组 & the NVFC reviews the applications and volunteer fire departments are selected to each receive a $10,000年奖.