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HARRISBURG ― A new wave of state-funded grants for first responders will benefit over 40 of Beaver County's fire departments and emergency medical service groups. ... Center Township Volunteer ...
In THE DIGEST: Columbia Gas awards thousands in grants to fire departments, bridge work over I-81, Broad Street improvements in Waynesboro.
Feb. 17—WILKES-BARRE — Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski on Friday announced that the Office of the State Fire Commissioner awarded more than $102,308 to multiple fire department and EMS services in ...
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, America Burning. [1] The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious injuries and $11.4 billion in property damage annually in the United States, asserting that "the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the ...
Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) is a program in the United States established in 2003 and was designated to incorporate all projects that provide funding to local, state, and Federal government agencies by the Department of Homeland Security. [1] The purpose of the grants is to purchase surveillance equipment, weapons, and advanced ...
In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States.
Oct. 26—INDIANA — Eighty rural and volunteer fire departments from 50 counties have been awarded more than $351,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants. The awards, which were recently ...
A DCFD fire engine in December 2005. DCFD Engine Company #23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse) DCFD Engine 7 On January 13, 1803, District of Columbia passed its first law about fire control, requiring the owner of each building in the district to provide at least one leather firefighting bucket per story or pay a $1 fine per missing bucket.