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. FEMA may provide assistance for measures implemented to facilitate the safe opening and operation of eligible facilities, including the purchase and installation of physical barriers, such as plexiglass barriers and screens/dividers, and signage to support social distancing. The Applicant has not demonstrated the costs associated with purchasing the building or moving to that building qualify as temporary physical barriers under the O&O policy nor that the costs are associated with any eligible activities in any of FEMA’s other COVID-19 policies, or any comparable activity that eliminates or lessens an immediate threat resulting from the declared incident.

The Applicant’s purchase of a building and associated moving expenses are not eligible emergency protective measures in response to an immediate threat from COVID-19 and, thus, are ineligible for PA funding. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act §§ 403(a)(3). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223 (a)(1), 206.225 (a). PAPPG, at 19, 57, and 63. O&O Policy, at 5; Work Eligible for Public Assistance Policy, at 4-5; FEMA Fact Sheet Eligible Emergency Protective Measures, at 1-2.