The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded $766,225 in Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding to local fire departments and emergency medical services organizations in the state of South Carolina.
Nationally, this week’s grants total $18 million. The AFG program includes three kinds of awards: Fire Grants, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants and Fire Prevention and Safety grants. The grants to South Carolina organizations are:
Fire Grants (funding firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and supporting regional projects involving multiple organizations serving more than one local jurisdiction):
City of Charleston FD | Operations and Safety | Charleston | $678,544 |
Fairview VFD | Operations and Safety | Prosperity | $87,681 |
The fiscal year 2008 AFG awards, which are being distributed in phases, will ultimately provide about $500 million to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations throughout the country.
The full list of this week’s recipients and other information, including program Fact Sheets, can be found on the AFG website (www.firegrantsupport.com).
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