ms. domenici for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to join the other members of this committee in thanking you all for the work that you do to keep our communities safe. administrator mitchell, if your testimony, you talked about the indirect costs of fire and estimate that according to your testimony here, the indirect costs, which include things like lost business, medical expenses, temporary lodgings, psychological damage may be as much as eight to ten times higher than the direct cost of fire. and that just emphasizes the importance of training and education and prevention. and i know that right now many communities not only in my district and state, but across this country are struggling and don't have the resources they need at the local level. to do all the work that they need to do. so what i would like you to do, maybe dr. hall, because you mentioned this in your testimony. can you talk about the progress that has been made with the areas that are targeted, for example, with the assistance to firefighters and the safer

ms. domenici for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to join the other members of this committee in thanking you all for the work that you do to keep our communities safe. administrator mitchell, in your testimony, you talk about the indirect costs of fire. and estimate that according to your testimony here, the indirect costs which include things like lost business, medical expenses, temporary lodging, psychological damage, maybe as much as eight and half times higher than the direct cost of fire. that emphasizes the importance, training and education and prevention. and i know that right now many communities, not only in my district and state but across this country come are struggling and don't have the resources they need at the local level. to do all the work that they need to do. and so what i would like you to do, maybe dr. hall, because you mentioned this in your testimony, can you talk about the progress that's been made with the areas that are targeted for the assistance to firefighters and grant programs? can you comme