FEMA is authorized to provide PA funding for emergency protective measures to save lives, to protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property. The Applicant incurred costs as a result of the incident, however, it has not demonstrated that these additional costs were eligible emergency protective measures to save lives or protect public health and safety. Increased costs of operating a facility or providing a service are generally not eligible; even when directly related to the incident. The Applicant has not shown that the costs for its security services are specifically related to eligible emergency actions to save lives or protect public health and safety or improved property; the services are only for a limited period based on the exigency; and the costs are tracked and documented. Therefore, these are increased operating costs.

The Applicant has not established that the additional monitoring and security personnel are eligible emergency protective measures, but instead they are responses to non-immediate threats, resulting in increased operating costs. Therefore, the request for $17,806.87 in PA funding is denied.

Stafford Act § 403. 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223, 206.225(a). PAPPG, at 42, 57-58, 60-61. Georgetown Hosp. Syst., FEMA-4394-DR-SC, at 3.