§ 156-d. Thermal imaging camera grant program. 1. Subject to available
appropriation, there is hereby established in the office of fire
prevention and control a thermal imaging camera grant program, under
which grants shall be made available to fire organizations for the
purchase of one thermal imaging camera each or for reimbursement to such
fire organizations for public funds, other than state or federal funds,
that have been expended by such fire organizations on or after April
first, two thousand for the purchase of a thermal imaging camera,
provided, however, no reimbursement, when combined with any required
match, shall exceed the office of general services contract price per
camera. Such grants shall be made available upon application by such
fire organizations. Fire organizations that are without a thermal
imaging camera shall receive priority from the office of fire prevention
and control for grants made pursuant to this section. The office of fire
prevention and control may require, pursuant to such uniform standards
as such office may prescribe, that applicants for such grants or
reimbursement provide matching funds of up to, but not more than, the
amount awarded; provided, however, that a fire organization having an
annual operating budget of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less
shall not be required to provide matching funds. The office of fire
prevention and control shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
are necessary to advance the purposes of this section. Such regulations
shall establish, among other things, training requirements for the use
of thermal imaging cameras by fire organizations.

2. As used in this section, "fire organizations" means a board of fire
commissioners, which operates a fire department pursuant to the town
law, a fire department established pursuant to the village law or
general city law or a fire company located within a fire protection
district pursuant to the town law.