Homeland Security Announces Grants To Mississippi Fire Departments To Support Key First Responders
Mississippi Receives $679,137 to Assist Firefighters in First Round of Grants
Release Date: June 13, 2003
Release Number: R4-03-65
Atlanta, GA -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced today the first 218 grants of what will ultimately reach approximately 7,000 grants totaling $750 million in direct assistance to firefighters from the 2003 Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.
Included in the announcement were awards totaling $679,137 for eight Mississippi communities.
"The Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is a great example of how Homeland Security is putting key resources directly into neighborhoods and communities to better secure the homeland," said Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
The first round of grants included $13.2 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.
"Providing these funds to the local fire departments is key to President Bush's commitment to support the men and women who protect our communities," said Brown.
Grants have been made available to the following fire departments in Mississippi:
| East Union Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | 157,500 | Blue Springs |
| Ruleville Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | 85,500 | Ruleville |
| City of Port Gibson , Mississippi | Fire Prevention | 58,050 | Port Gibson |
| Walnut Grove Volunteer Fire Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | 11,045 | Walnut Grove |
| Highway 84 West Fire Station, Inc. | Firefighting Vehicle | 156,600 | Prentiss |
| Southeast Pearl River County | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | 57,240 | Carriere |
| Howell Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | 147,600 | Lucedale |
| Derby Whitesand | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | 5,602 | Poplarville |
For more information on the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, please visit www.usfa.fema.gov. Each week's recipients, including those announced in this first round, will be made available each Friday morning.
Last Modified: Monday, 16-Jun-2003 16:36:25