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<title>Federal grants awarded to 6 NJ fire departments</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Tomas Dinges The Star-LedgerWASHINGTON &mdash; Six New Jersey fire departments and a safety squad were awarded more than $2 million in federal grants for training, equipment and vehicles. U.S. senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both New Jersey Democrats, along with Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-8th Dist.), announced the funding yesterday. &quot;While states and municipalities are making tough ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:49:55 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Obama pushes for firefighting jobs for vets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON &mdash; In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.The president also will seek more grant money for programs that allow local communities to hire more police officers and firefighters.&quot;Let's ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:39:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Fla. town's grant money set to expire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Sara Miles NBC2LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. &mdash; Time is running out for the Lehigh Acres Fire Department. The grant money that saved more than 30 jobs and a fire station back in 2010 is set to expire this year.Now, nearly two years later, we found out what impact it will have on the much needed services.Across the street from Bill Shrout's home in Lehigh Acres, sits what he calls a lifesaver. He says when ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:20:28 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ala. town gets grant for new radios</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Chris Welch The Huntsville TimesHUNTSVILLE, Alabama &mdash; The Huntsville fire department is getting a federal grant to help replace 20-year-old analog radios with state-of-the-art digital radios.The $658,000 Assistance for Firefighters Grant from the Department of Homeland Security will allow Huntsville Fire &amp; Rescue to buy digital radios to work with a new communications system that eventually ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:12:21 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Mich. fire department, business incubator get grants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Cortney Casey The Sterling Heights SentrySTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. &mdash; Sterling Heights is celebrating two recent windfalls that will support initiatives within the Fire Department and at the Macomb-Oakland University INCubator. The Sterling Heights Fire Department has netted nearly $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant, which will be directed ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:37:31 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Idaho Technology Inc. Delivers 10 Target BioThreat Detection Kit for US Military</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/1223806-Idaho-Technology-Inc-Delivers-10-Target-BioThreat-Detection-Kit-for-US-Military/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, Utah &ndash; Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) announced that it has delivered its first shipment of the RAZOR&trade; CRP BioThreat-X Kits to the Critical Reagents Program (CRP) which supplies test reagents to the US military. The RAZOR CRP BioThreat-X Kit represents the first US Department of Defense (DoD) system capable of testing for 10 biothreat agents at one time in the field with results ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:02:50 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round 6 of AFG awards for Fiscal Year 2011</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/1223709-DHS-announces-round-6-of-AFG-awards-for-Fiscal-Year-2011/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced the sixth round of awards from the Fiscal Year 2011 Assistance to Firefighters Grants application process.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:45:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round 5 of AFG awards for Fiscal Year 2011</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/1219180-DHS-announces-round-5-of-AFG-awards-for-Fiscal-Year-2011/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced the fifth round of awards from the Fiscal Year 2011 Assistance to Firefighters Grants application process.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:54:40 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>SAFER Grant Application Get Ready Guide 2011</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/1214189-SAFER-Grant-Application-Get-Ready-Guide-2011/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) application period will be opening soon! This handy guide will give you a kick-start in prparing your grant application to thoroughly answer all the grant application questions. With the enhanced or restored staffing, a SAFER grantee's response time will be reduced sufficiently and an appropriate number of trained personnel will be assembled at the incident scene. Grant funds are available in two categories: Hiring Firefighters and Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters.

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<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:55:26 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>FireGrantsHelp Speaks at ISFCA Conference</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/1215123-FireGrantsHelp-Speaks-at-ISFCA-Conference/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grant writing and application have been, and continue to be, a vital part of all of our departments. As an association, the ISFCA is committed to assisting all of our departments and districts in this critical funding area. Currently the association is exploring the possibility of setting up a grant assistance workshop within the state. We welcome your feedback on this topic, as this information will assist us in choosing the date, time, and location for such an event.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2012 00:54:15 UTC</pubDate>

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