3-1 Documentation Required for a Cost Estimate: Cost Reasonableness

Document titled FEMA's Schedule of Equipment Rates. Below the document title is the address for the Department of Homeland Security. It reads, "Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Directorate Public Assistance Division, Washington DC 20472." Beneath that, there are three paragraphs of text that read, "The rates on this Schedule of Equipment Rates are for applicant owned equipment in good mechanical condition, complete with all required attachments. Each rate covers all costs eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121, et. Seq., for ownership and operation of equipment including depreciation, overhead, all maintenance, field repairs, fuel, lubricants, tires, OSA equipment and other costs incidental to operation. Standby equipment costs are not eligible."

The following paragraph reads, "Equipment must be in actual operation performing eligible work in order for reimbursement to be eligible. LABOR COSTS OF OPERATOR ARE NOT INCLUDED in the rates and should be approved separately from equipment costs."

The third paragraph reads, "Information regarding the use of the schedule is contained in 44 CFR 206.228 Allowable Costs. Rates for equipment not listed will be furnished by FEMA upon request. Any appeals shall be in accordance with 44 CFR 206.206 Appeals.

The final line of the top portion of the document reads, "THESE RATES ARE APPLICABLE TO MAJOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES DECLARED BY THE PRESIDENT ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2017."

After all of the text, there is a table containing rates. The first two column headings read from left to right: FEMA Code ID and Equipment Description. The second row column headings read: Cost Code, Equipment, Specifications, Capacity or Size, HP, Notes, Unit, 2017 Rate.

The first entry row reads from left to right: 8010, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 41 CFM, to 10, Hoses Included, hour, $1.51. The second row reads from left to right: 8011, Air Delivery, 103 CFM, to 30, Hoses Included, hour, $8.84. The third row reads from left to right: 8012, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 130 CFM, to 50, Hoses included, hour, $11.14. The fourth row reads: 8013, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 175 CFM, to 90, Hoses included, hour, $18.39. The fifth row reads from left to right: 8014, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 400 CFM, to 145, Hoses Included, hour, $30.47. The fifth row reads from left to right: 8015, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 575 CFM, to 230, Hoses Included, hour, $48.71. The sixth row reads from left to right: 8016, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 1100 CFM, to 355, Hoses included, hour, $92.88. The seventh row reads from left to right: 8017, Air Compressor, Air Delivery, 1600 CFM, to 500, Hoses included, hour, $96.96. The eighth row reads from left to right: 8040, Ambulance. The following two column entries are blank. To 150, blank, hour, $28.00. The ninth row reads from left to right: 8041, Ambulance, blank entry, blank entry, to 210, blank entry, hour, $40.50. The tenth row reads from left to right: 8050, Board, Arrow, blank entry, blank entry, to 8, Trailer Mounted, hour $4.43. The eleventh row reads from left to right: 8051, Board, Message, blank entry, blank entry, to 8, Trailer Mounted., hour, $11.61. The twelfth row reads from left to right: 8060, Auger, Portable, Hole Diameter, 16 ln, to 6, blank entry, hour, $2.14. The thirteenth row reads from left to right: 8061, Auger, Portable, Hole Diameter, 18 ln, to 13, blank entry, hour, $4.30. The fourteenth entry reads from left to right: 8062, Auger, Tractor Mntd, Max. Auger Diameter, 36 ln, to 13, Incudes digger, boo, and mounting hardware, hour, $3.16. he fifteenth row reads from left to right: 8063, Auger, Truck Mntd, Max. Auger Size, 24 ln, to 100, mounting hardware. Add this rate to tractor rate for total, hour, $34.28. The sixteenth row reads from left to right: 8064, Hydraulic Post Driver, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, hour, $35.10. The seventeenth row reads from left to right: 8065, Auger, Horizontal Directional Boring Machine, 250 x 100, 300, DD-140B YR-2003, hour, $169.40. The eighteenth row reads from left to right: 8066, Auger, Horizontal Directional Boring Machine, 50 x 100, blank entry, blank entry, hour, $31.95. The nineteenth row reads from left to right: 8067, Auger Directional boring machine, Auger Directional boring machine, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, hour, $36.97. The twentieth row reads from left to right: 8070, Automobile, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, to 130, Transporting people, mile, $0.535. The twenty-first row reads from left to right: 8071, Automobile, blank entry, blank entry, to 130, Transporting cargo, hour, $12.32. The twenty-second row reads from left to right: 8072, Automobile, Police, blank entry, blank entry, to 250, Patrolling., mile, $0.535. The twenty-third row reads from left to right: 8073, Automobile, Police, blank entry, blank entry, to 250, Stationary with engine running, hour, $15.69. The twenty-fourth row reads from left to right: 8075, Motorcycle, Police, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, mile $0.505. The twenty-fifth row reads from left to right: 8076, Automobile - Chevy Trailblazer, 6 or 8 cl, blank entry, 285 to 300, blank entry, hour, $22.00. The twenty-sixth row reads from left to right: 8077, Automobile - Ford Expedition, Fire Command Center, blank entry, blank entry, blank entry, hour, $19.00. The twenty-seventh row reads from left to right: 8080, All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Engine 110cc, 4-Wheel, 20" tyre, blank entry, 6.5-7.5, blank entry, hour, $8.20. The twenty-eighth row reads from left to right: 8081, All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Engine 125cc, 4-Wheel, 21" tyre, blank entry, 7.6-8.6, blank entry, hour, $8.50. The twenty-ninth row reads from left to right: 8082, All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Engine 150cc, 4-Wheel, 22" tyre, blank entry, 9.0-10.0, blank entry, hour, $8.51. The thirtieth row reads from left to right: 8083, All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), Engine 200cc, 4-Wheel, 24" tyre, blank entry, 12-14.0, blank entry, hour, $9.00.