Provide DC fems funds for SSO oversight responsibilities

The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services (FEMS) Department received a $403,806 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Rail Fixed Guideway Public Transportation System State Safety Oversight Formula Grant Program (CFDA 20.528), effective August 4, 2025, through December 31, 2026. This award provides funding for contracted services supporting State Safety Oversight (SSO) responsibilities related to the DC Streetcar system.

Under this award, FEMS-SSO staff will utilize the funding to develop appropriate staffing levels, conduct safety audits and investigations of accidents, and perform risk-based inspections of the DC Streetcar operations. The FTA program is designed to improve public transportation safety by financing state-level safety oversight activities for rail fixed guideway systems not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. No subrecipient activities were identified for this award, indicating that FEMS will directly manage and administer the contracted services and oversight functions in support of DC Streetcar operations through the grant period.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to provide DC fems funds for SSO oversight responsibilities.

Activities

Funds will be used to for contracted services for dcfems-SSO staff as they work to develop an appropriate staffing level conduct audits investigations of accidents and risk based inspections.

Expected outcomes

Funding from this award will support SSO activities in support of DC streetcar operations.

Intended beneficiaries

Funding from this award will support SSO activities in support of DC streetcar operations.