FEMA may provide assistance for force account labor overtime costs that are directly tied to the performance of eligible work and adequately documented. The Applicant did not demonstrate that its claimed overtime costs for backfill employees are directly tied to the performance of eligible work implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For emergency protective measures to be eligible, the applicant is responsible for showing the work is required due to an immediate threat resulting from the declared incident. The Applicant has not demonstrated that the claimed equipment costs and the purchase of the medical supplies are directly tied to the performance of eligible work.

The claimed overtime, equipment, and medical supplies costs are not directly tied to the performance of eligible work.

Stafford Act § 403(a)(3). 2 C.F.R. § 200.403(g). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.206(a), 206.223(a)(1), 206.225(a), 206.228(a). PAPPG, at 19, 21, 24, 26, 57, 133, 139, 158. Medical Care Policy, at 2-3; Work Eligible Policy, at 3; Eligible Emergency Protective Measures Fact Sheet. Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS, FEMA-4497-DR-KY, at 3; County of Bergen, FEMA-4488-DR-NJ, at 3; City of Pearland, FEMA-4485-DR-TX, at 3-4.