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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>Ark. fire department receives Rural Fire Protection Program grant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Town CrierDELL, Ark. &mdash; The Dell Fire Department received a Rural Fire Protection Program grant Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the amount of $2436. Grants totaling $175,000 were distributed among 83 fire stations in Arkansas. Funds are used for water supply equipment, communications equipment and items to support medical responses.Program funding is through Act 864 of the Arkansas legislature. Funds ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:49 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ill. fire department will use grant to replace aging defibrillators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Samantha Nelson The Wilmette-Kenilworth PatchWILMETTE, Ill. &mdash; The Wilmette Fire Department is one of seven Illinois departments to receive funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them respond to fires and other emergencies.The $72,900 Wilmette received in December will be used to replace cardiac monitor defibrillator equipment carried on the department's advanced life support ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:47:07 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Grant funding: Back to basics</title>
<author><![CDATA[David Blevins]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[I must say this month has really been a struggle for me to determine the best topic of choice when it comes to outside-the-box grants. So much of a struggle that it was almost like writing an actual grant. Over the past couple of months, I have received several questions from various EMS agencies asking about what grants their agencies might be eligible for and where they could get money to fund new ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:31:37 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ask Congress not to cut fire funding in 2012</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jerry Brant]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[As 2011 ended, we marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most influential pieces of legislation involving the nation's fire service. In 1971, the United States Congress appropriated funding to establish the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. Up to this point, subjects such as fire suppression, fire prevention and related topics were perceived not to be a national problem but a local ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:49:23 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Grant reopens Calif. fire station</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Arlene Martinez The Ventura County Star VENTURA, Calif. &mdash; The view from Rick Gulden's kitchen window might not be the prettiest in town, but for 30 years it's been comforting.It frames the side of Ventura Fire Station 4, a next-door neighbor Gulden was particularly happy to have when he gashed his hand open with a saw. Although the station closed in July 2010 because of city budget cuts, Gulden ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:53:25 UTC</pubDate>

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