Page 9 - Firefighters Grant Program News Today

From FY 2001 to FY 2009, Congress appropriated $5.7 billion infunding for fire grants. Using panel data from 1999 to 2006 formore than 10,000 fire departments, this evaluation usesfixed-effects regressions to estimate the impact of fire grants onfour different measures of fire casualties: firefighter deaths,firefighter injuries, civilian deaths, and civilian injuries.

Englewoods fire department received a $170,870 grant that will help strengthen the department’s operations and safety with new training classes.

"For the wildland firefighter, deploying a shelter is the last thing they want to do—it's the final resort, the last line of defense," says Roger Barker.

Maine State Sen. Trey Stewart, R-Aroostook, told Houlton Town Council Monday night that the state has more than $800 million in its supplemental budget.

New Braunfels City Council members on Monday finalized the 2022 street maintenance project list.

The application process for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is open now through Friday, Dec. 17. This is a small window of opportunity for the

The man who was shot and killed by law enforcement at the Advanced Medicine Pavilion building of St. Mary’s Medical Center on Friday has been identified. The Mesa County Coroner’s Office completed its examination and identified the victim as Reginal Hansen, 75, of League City, Texas. The cause of death, according to the coroner, is multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death is homicide. Toxicology is still pending. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m., when police received report...

Bangor Fire Department updates radio system after 20 years The new radios are heat and waterproof, have an emergency button, and more. Its thanks to a $110,000 grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 9:24 PM EDT May 2, 2021 Updated: 9:24 PM EDT May 2, 2021 BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Fire Department is upgrading its radios thanks to a $110,000 grant from the Assistance to Fir...

Rotterdam Fire District to repair part of station | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 ROTTERDAM – You can’t tell from the outside yet, but the original building for the Rotterdam Fire District No. 1 station in Rotterdam Junction is sinking forward toward Route 5s.  Commissioner James Carangelo said department members started noticing cracks in a hallway adjacent to the original 1962 structure, which houses the station’s apparatus, about a year ago. It was the first real tell-tale sign o...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced Friday the fire departments in Rockland and Westbrook will receive a collective total of $34,351 in grant funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The grant funding is for the reimbursement or purchase of emergency medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disinfection supplies for COVID-19 response, a news release stated.  “Maine firefighters risk their li...