Homeland Security Announces Additional Grants To Mississippi Fire Departments
Mississippi Receives $496,059 to Assist Local Fire Departments
Release Date: July 18, 2003
Release Number: R4-03-108
Atlanta, GA -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced the sixth round of what will ultimately total approximately 7,000 grants worth $750 million in direct assistance to firefighters from the 2003 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.
Included in the announcement were awards for eleven communities in Mississippi.
"The outbreak of wildland fires over the past couple of weeks reminds us of the role our firefighters play in responding to emergencies," said Under Secretary Brown. "President Bush and Congress recognize the impact these grants make in first responders ability to continue saving lives and property. We appreciate this commitment."
This sixth round of grants provides more than $15 million to help local fire departments fund the purchase of firefighting equipment, fund firefighter health and safety programs, enhance emergency medical services programs, and conduct fire prevention and safety programs. In the past five weeks, over 1,000 departments have received grants totaling more than $63.5 million to support their role as first responders in the neighborhoods and communities they serve.
Grants have been made available to the following fire departments in Mississippi:
- Springhill Volunteer Fire Dept., Oakland, $143,100, Firefighting vehicle.
- Watson Volunteer Fire Dept., Byhalia, $19,062, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department, Coldwater, $48,384, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Slayden/Mt. Pleasant VFD, Red Banks, $18,456, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Oma Volunteer Fire Department, Monticello, $8,640, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Dept., Columbia, $51,336, Fire Prevention.
- Union Fire Department, Union, $20,448, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Collins Fire Department, Collins, $41,310, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Pine Burr Volunteer Fire Dept., Columbia, 10,440, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- Northeast Lamar Fire Rescue & EMS, Hattiesburg, $34,353, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
- West Harrison Volunteer Fire Dept., Pass Christian, $100,530, Fire operations and firefighter safety.
The Assistance for Firefighters Grant Program is administered by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The program assists rural, urban and suburban fire departments throughout the United States. A list of all current award recipients announced to date is posted on the USFA web site at http://www.usfa.fema.gov/grants. Future grant recipients will be listed as awards are made.
Last Modified: Tuesday, 22-Jul-2003 10:05:42