Grant Details

The Indiana Homeland Security Foundation Grant Program funds public safety projects at the local level. Proposal submissions should ensure the safety of fellow citizens of Indiana and align with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security's local and district needs.

Submissions should focus on only one of the following identified priority areas:

• Life safety (i.e. lifesaving activities & equipment): Examples include but not limited to the following:
  • Automated external defibrillators (i.e. AEDs);
  • Personal protective equipment (i.e. PPEs);
  • Thermal imaging camera;
  • Smoke and/or carbon monoxide alarms;
  • Gas/air monitoring equipment (3 or 4-gas meters);
  • Medical equipment including oxygen;
  • Extrication equipment; and/or
  • Water/ice rescue gear.
• Standard operational items (i.e. day-to-day operational requirements): These are items that a department may already have but may be broken or out-of-service. For instance, a ladder on one of the department's trucks had been damaged on a call, could not be repaired and became out-of-service. Examples include but not limited to the following:
  • Hazardous materials reference guides;
  • Handheld tablets (in order to monitor computer aided dispatch (i.e. CAD) or conduct research);
  • Portable breath testers;
  • Tire-deflation devices; and/or
  • Scene lighting equipment.
• Supplementing current capabilities (i.e. improvements to existing capabilities): This is an item/piece of equipment that would increase the ability of a public safety entity to do a job they currently do. Examples include but not limited to the following:
  • If a police department has wearable cameras or electronic control devices but they don't have enough for every officer. Buying more would supplement their current abilities.
  • If a rescue team has an AED but not full cardiac monitoring technology.
  • If a rescue team has extrication equipment but not a hydraulic cutting tool or hydraulic ram. 
  • If a rescue team can do high-angle rescues but they don't have enough rope, harnesses and rescue gear to gear up more than one rescuer at a time.