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<title>DHS announces round 1 of Fire Prevention and Safety Grant awards</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/767553-DHS-announces-round-1-of-Fire-Prevention-and-Safety-Grant-awards/</link>
<description><![CDATA[FEMA announced today the first round of 2009 Fire Prevention and Safety Grants.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:41:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round 5 of FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/767551-DHS-announces-round-5-of-FY-2009-Assistance-to-Firefighters-Grant-awards/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The primary goal of the AFG grants is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:40:28 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ill. firefighters get 'virtual firefighting'</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.firegrantshelp.com/news/766669-Ill-firefighters-get-virtual-firefighting/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By Sheila Ahern The Chicago Daily HeraldWHEELING, Ill. &mdash; Thanks to new computer software, Wheeling firefighters soon will be able to practice extinguishing fires without even having to step inside a burning building.The Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay $30,600 &mdash; the majority of the software&rsquo;s cost. The village board approved spending an additional $3,400 for the software ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:54:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Grant enables Conn. town to hire 8 firefighters</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.firegrantshelp.com/news/766310-Grant-enables-Conn-town-to-hire-8-firefighters/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By Susan Misur The New Haven RegisterGUILFORD, Conn. &mdash; The Fire Department is adding eight new staff members, thanks to a federal grant and wage concessions.Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Vetre and Ken Wilson, vice chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, said conditional letters of employment have been sent to the eight men, who are set to begin work this week after passing physical and psychological ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:02:48 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Maine firefighters push for marine emergency training center</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.firegrantshelp.com/news/766295-Maine-firefighters-push-for-marine-emergency-training-center/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By Rich Hewitt The Bangor Daily NewsELLSWORTH, Maine &mdash; A coalition that includes Maine Maritime Academy and the Ellsworth Fire Department is seeking federal funding to create a marine emergency training facility in the city.The group has applied for an $850,000 Port Security grant through the Department of Homeland Security to begin work on designing the facility which is planned for city-owned ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:32:49 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Regulators propose grant for nationwide wireless network for responders</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.firegrantshelp.com/news/764615-Regulators-propose-grant-for-nationwide-wireless-network-for-responders/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Associated PressWASHINGTON &mdash; Federal regulators will recommend that Congress devote up to $16 billion over 10 years to pay for a nationwide wireless broadband network that would allow police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers to communicate with each other.The Federal Communications Commission will propose that lawmakers establish a $6 billion grant program to build the public ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:10:03 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Mass. town gets grant for SCBA</title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.firegrantshelp.com/news/764461-Mass-town-gets-grant-for-SCBA/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By Michael Kane The Telegram &amp; GazetteWEST BOYLSTON, Mass. &mdash; The town has received a federal grant that will help defray the cost of replacing self-contained breathing kits for firefighters, Town Administrator Leon Gaumond Jr. said.The grant, totaling nearly $130,000, was announced in a recent joint statement from the offices of Representative James McGovern and Senator John Kerry.A matching ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:19:59 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round four of FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/762611-DHS-announces-round-four-of-FY-2009-Assistance-to-Firefighters-Grant-awards/</link>
<description><![CDATA[The primary goal of the AFG grants is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:36:22 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round three of FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/760450-DHS-announces-round-three-of-FY-2009-Assistance-to-Firefighters-Grant-awards/</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today round three of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grants.The primary goal of the AFG grants is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:55:27 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>DHS announces round two of FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant awards</title>
<link>http://www.firegrantshelp.com/official-announcements/756983-DHS-announces-round-two-of-FY-2009-Assistance-to-Firefighters-Grant-awards/</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today round two of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grants.The primary goal of the AFG grants is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:36:09 UTC</pubDate>

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