WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., announced Wednesday that the Green County Emergency Medical Service, Inc., received $54,197 in a 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. The grant program is administered cooperatively by the National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA), which are two components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The grants support training, wellness and fitness, emergency equipment, personal protective equipment and modifications to stations and facilities.
"This grant program has been an unqualified success in getting much-needed resources directly to local first responders," Feingold said in a news release. "I have been and continue to be a strong supporter of this program, in no small measure because of the advocacy of Wisconsin first responders. The members of these departments put their lives on the line on a daily basis for others and at virtually every meeting I have with Wisconsin first responders, they tell me about the vital importance of these grants and how they allow them to get needed equipment and training they would otherwise be unable to afford."
Wisconsin communities have submitted 713 applications requesting a total amount of almost $100 million. In April 2008, Senator Feingold sent a letter pressing FEMA to strongly consider all Assistance to Firefighter Grant applications from communities across Wisconsin.
The grants support training, wellness and fitness, emergency equipment, personal protective equipment and modifications to stations and facilities.
"This grant program has been an unqualified success in getting much-needed resources directly to local first responders," Feingold said in a news release. "I have been and continue to be a strong supporter of this program, in no small measure because of the advocacy of Wisconsin first responders. The members of these departments put their lives on the line on a daily basis for others and at virtually every meeting I have with Wisconsin first responders, they tell me about the vital importance of these grants and how they allow them to get needed equipment and training they would otherwise be unable to afford."
Wisconsin communities have submitted 713 applications requesting a total amount of almost $100 million. In April 2008, Senator Feingold sent a letter pressing FEMA to strongly consider all Assistance to Firefighter Grant applications from communities across Wisconsin.