N.Y. Executive Law § 156-d: Thermal imaging camera grant program

§ 156-d. Thermal imaging camera grant program. 1. Subject to available

appropriation, there is hereby established in the office of fire

prevention and control a thermal imaging camera grant program, under

which grants shall be made available to fire organizations for the

purchase of one thermal imaging camera each or for reimbursement to such

fire organizations for public funds, other than state or federal funds,

that have been expended by such fire organizations on or after April

first, two thousand for the purchase of a thermal imaging camera,

provided, however, no reimbursement, when combined with any required

match, shall exceed the office of general services contract price per

camera. Such grants shall be made available upon application by such

fire organizations. Fire organizations that are without a thermal

imaging camera shall receive priority from the office of fire prevention

and control for grants made pursuant to this section. The office of fire

prevention and control may require, pursuant to such uniform standards

as such office may prescribe, that applicants for such grants or

reimbursement provide matching funds of up to, but not more than, the

amount awarded; provided, however, that a fire organization having an

annual operating budget of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less

shall not be required to provide matching funds. The office of fire

prevention and control shall promulgate such rules and regulations as

are necessary to advance the purposes of this section. Such regulations

shall establish, among other things, training requirements for the use

of thermal imaging cameras by fire organizations.

2. As used in this section, "fire organizations" means a board of fire

commissioners, which operates a fire department pursuant to the town

law, a fire department established pursuant to the village law or

general city law or a fire company located within a fire protection

district pursuant to the town law.