Round Twenty-Four Of The Assistance To Firefighters Grants To Aid America's Fire Departments Announced By FEMA
Alabama Receives $5,416,408 To Assist Local Fire Departments In Latest Round Of Grants
Release Date: November 28, 2003
Release Number: R4-03-255
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response, announced 635 grants to fire departments throughout the U.S. in the twenty-fourth round of the 2003 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. This is the largest number of grants announced at one time in the 2003 AFG program, and totals $71.6 million for this week alone. The grants will ultimately total approximately 7,000 awards worth $750 million in direct assistance to firefighters.
Included in the announcement of this latest round were awards for 36 communities in Alabama.
"President Bush, Secretary Ridge and I recognize that the training and equipment provided to our first responders through the fire grants is critical in securing our homeland because these brave men and women are our first line of defense against all hazards," said Brown. "I would like to wish our firefighters and their families a happy and safe Thanksgiving. We're grateful to our first responder community for its service and sacrifice."
This twenty-fourth round of grants provides help to local fire departments to fund the purchase of firefighting equipment, fund firefighter health and safety programs, enhance emergency medical services programs, and conduct fire prevention and safety programs. Since June, over 6400 fire departments have received almost $478 million to support their role as first responders in the neighborhoods and communities they serve as firefighters.
Grants have been made available to the following fire departments in Alabama:
| Mobile Fire-Rescue Department | Emergency Medical Services | $501,265 | Mobile |
| Saraland Fire Rescue Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $225,000 | Saraland |
| Cottonwood Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $211,491 | Cottonwood |
| Equality Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $90,000 | Equality |
| Goshen Volunteer Fire Dept. | Firefighting Vehicle | $191,700 | Goshen |
| Pine Level Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $126,000 | Prattville |
| Samson Fire Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $10,800 | Samson |
| Santuck Volunteer Fire Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $70,803 | Wetumpka |
| Tri-Communities Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $184,613 | Enterprise |
| White City Vol Fire Dept | Firefighting Vehicle | $137,700 | Marbury |
| Corinth Vol. Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $81,000 | Wadley |
| Ellisville Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $117,000 | Centre |
| Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $172,350 | Sylacauga |
| Lanett Fire & EMS | Firefighting Vehicle | $112,500 | Lanett |
| Oak Bowery Fire and Rescue | Firefighting Vehicle | $135,000 | Lafayette |
| Ray Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $54,900 | Alexander City |
| South Montgomery County Fire Protection Authority | Firefighting Vehicle | $126,000 | Ramer |
| Baileyton VFD Inc. | Firefighting Vehicle | $121,500 | Baileyton |
| Crossville Fire & Rescue | Firefighting Vehicle | $135,000 | Vernon |
| Mud Tavern Volunteer Fire and Rescue | Firefighting Vehicle | $171,000 | Decatur |
| New Union Volunteer Fire Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $24,755 | Boaz |
| North Lookout Mountain Fire Protection District | Firefighting Vehicle | $83,700 | Mentone |
| Remlap Fire & EMS District Inc.. | Firefighting Vehicle | $94,500 | Remlap |
| Sipsey Volunteer Fire Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $84,923 | Sipsey |
| Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $162,140 | Hollywood |
| Lexington Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $126,000 | Lexington |
| Nitrate City | Firefighting Vehicle | $135,000 | Muscle Shoals |
| Birmingport Fire District | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $69,840 | Bessemer |
| Enterprise Volunteer Fire & Rescue | Firefighting Vehicle | $106,200 | Verbena |
| Gap of the Mountain Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $221,992 | Clanton |
| Maytown Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $144,000 | Maytown |
| Summer Hill Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $72,000 | Columbiana |
| Butler Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $198,000 | Butler |
| Forestdale Fire District | Firefighting Vehicle | $450,000 | Birmingham |
| Tuscaloosa Fire & Rescue Services Department | Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety | $376,975 | Tuscaloosa |
| Vance Volunteer Fire Department | Firefighting Vehicle | $90,761 | Vance |
The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), administers the Assistance for Firefighters Grant Program. 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.
On March 1, 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. FEMA's continuing mission within the new department is to lead the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages Citizen Corps, the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.
Last Modified: Monday, 01-Dec-2003 09:15:09