Ohio fire dept. receives $160K in federal funds

By Michael D. Pitman
Journal-News

FAIRFIELD, Ohio — The Fairfield Fire Department will receive nearly $160,000 in federal money in order to improve its operations.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced Wednesday the department was awarded the grant by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grants program.

The $158,966 grant award was part of round eight of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program for fiscal year 2014.

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