Fire Grants News and Articles

• Overtime freeze leaves NJ fire dept. short on staffing

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  Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said the freeze prompted by the city's budget crisis leaves little choice but to close companies on a revolving basis

• FEMA releases AFG Get Ready Guide

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  There are a lot of changes to the application and some new requirements depending on the project being prioritized

• $500K grant to help fund paramedic service in Calif.

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  The Banning Fire Department had submitted a grant application to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians totaling $823,331

• Calif. firefighters use 4th of July parade to fundraise

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  The department has raised about $45,000 of the $160,000 needed to replace a ladder truck, the rest of which is covered by a $636,000 federal grant

• Shuttered Mass. fire station could reopen by winter

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  With the help of grant money, four firefighters have been hired to replace positions lost in 2009 due to attrition

• Va. firefighter wins national award for rescuing girl

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  The girl was found unconscious and ended up in a pediatric intensive care unit for 10 days

• Volunteer fire companies could lose grant funding in NY

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  The recently approved 2012 House Homeland Security Appropriations bill would slash up to 17 percent of the funding for AFG and SAFER

• NJ firefighters get $10K grant from Port Authority

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  It was the sixth of $135,000 in grants to be awarded to 13 fire departments and other first responders in New Jersey

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