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The Depew Fire Department will be able to purchase a new washer and dryer to clean PPE and reduce exposure to toxins
The Oncor Cares Foundation has invested in the training and equipping of volunteer firefighters in 17 counties
The Amboy Fire Department will use the SAFER funding to increase staffing and ensure 24-hour coverage
For building up rural delivery of pre-hospital emergency medicine, the USDA steps up
The $1 million boat is a great lesson in the importance of separating need from want when it’s time to apply for grants
Larger questions loom regarding FEMA grants and what to do with the boat now
Fire department is hoping for grant relief to keep crew fully staffed
15 of the firefighter hires will be those previously laid off
The additional firefighters will allow the city’s new station to be fully staffed
City warned that the fire department is operating with a skeleton crew
The additional firefighters will allow the city to put its ambulance back in service
The grants have been given to 22 departments nation-wide
With dwindling funding, there are options out there to keep finance your education
The $425,000 SAFER grant is the third for Fitchburg in three years
The $855,000 grant will allow the fire department to restaff three positions for two years
FEMA grant will allow Hoffman Estates to bring on new recruits as some retire
Elgin Fire Dept. will send firefighters to classes that will teach them to determine causes of fires
After being rejected for SAFER money, Ohio city lands $500k
With AFG funds shrinking, fire departments must look to alternative funding sources for apparatus purchases
Grant pays for salary and benefits of new firefighters’ first two years on job
Mayor decides to accept grant hours before contempt court hearing
Mayor refuses to approve $8 million grant to recall 32 firefighters
Figures presented by mayor says city could lose up to $2 million by 2016