Fire Grants News and Articles

• Texas Farm Bureau gives $550K to firefighters

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  Nearly 13,000 fires have burned more than 3 million acres in Texas because of extremely dry conditions since November

• Iowa fire department gets $4K grant for power unit

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  A 2011 Dubuque Racing Association grant of $4,425 fully funds the power unit upgrade

• AFG application period extended due to Hurricane Irene

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  The new 5 p.m. EST, September 16 deadline follows storm

• NFFF gets $1M grant for safety, scholarships from Motorola

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  The funding will support two NFFF programs — the Motorola Solutions Foundation Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Everyone Goes Home Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives

• 22 laid-off Calif. firefighters back on the job thanks to grant

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  The layoffs took place after city and fire union leaders failed to reach an agreement on pay cuts

• Federal grant funds 12 new firefighter positions at Calif. fire department

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  The department's budget in 2010 was trimmed by $2.1 million, resulting in the loss of nine positions and elimination of a fire engine

• Grant helps replace 3 fireboats at Port of Houston

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  Within the next 16 months, Clayton, N.Y.-based MetalCraft Marine will deliver three high-tech fireboats to the Port Authority

• DHS announces more than $2.1B in preparedness grants

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  In FY2011, DHS grants were reduced by $780 million for the FY 2010 enacted level, nearly a quarter of FY 2010 DHS grant funding

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