Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.  Improve access to health and disaster information in El Salvador. Currently the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has a contract with FUNDACRID for these same activities in Nicaragua and Honduras.  Following two devastating earthquakes in January and February 2001, NLM decided to add El Salvador to the project as an additional task. 
Proposals are due December 15, 2001.  CBDNet, November 1, 2001 

Plumas County Office of Emergency Services.   They are seeking the services of a consultant to provide coordination services for the Plumas County Fire Safe Council.  The focus of this project is to provide coordination and oversight to countywide fire safe planning and education under the auspices of the Plumas County Fire Safe Council.  Services requested include: 1) Provide administrative support to include meeting coordination and communications in the form of newsletter and website development and maintenance. 2) Provide educational outreach in the form of Firewise Communities workshops to foster firewise awareness within the communities with the long-range goal of increasing home survivbility and coordinated hazard fuel reduction work utilizing community participation. 3) Work closely with the State and Federal agency fire and fuel management planning staff. 
Proposals are due December 21, 2001 www.countyofplumas.com

City of Seattle.  They are seeking to acquire a Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) System to support the Seattle Fire Department operations.  The CAD system will replace an existing CAD System and will be used to dispatch fire and medical units to 911 emergency calls, manage Fire Department resources, provide communications between multiple resources, and manage building premises information. 
Proposals are due Thursday, January 10, 2002. www.cityofseattle.net  October 31, 2001.

Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.  Emergency Shelter Grants Program.  Under the Emergency Shelter Grants Program (ESGP), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been authorized by Congress to provide funds for the rehabilitation, renovation or conversion of emergency shelters, for operational and essential service expenses. The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs will be making funds available to units of local government on behalf of not-for-profit organizations and/or directly to private not-for-profit organizations. 
Proposals are due December 3, 2001.  www.commerce.state.il.us

City of Berkeley.  The city will be taking proposals for a grant in the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program to rehabilitate, renovate and convert emergency shelters.
Proposals are due Wednesday, December 19, 20001.  www.ci.berkeley.ca.us. 
Note:  Recently awarded grants in disaster management can be found on the National Hazards Center web site:  www.colorado.edu/hazards/grants.html.