The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security have informed New Boston Fire Chief Chris Bender that the fire department's grant application, which was submitted under the Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, was approved.
FEMA's Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), in consultation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), carries out the Federal responsibilities of administering the grant. The approved project costs total $62,000.00. The Federal share is 95 percent or $58,000.00 of the approved amount and the village must pay a share of $3,100.00.
This money will be used to replace the fire station's power generator, which has been in use since it was installed during the building's original construction in 1978.
The Fire Department will also be able to replace its current exhaust ventilation system and will allow trucks and other village vehicles to run inside the bay area without filling the garage with toxic fumes.
The grant was filed for last year and bids for the new equipment will be received and reviewed in the next month along with final awarding of the projects to selected vendors.
Mike Payton
February 6, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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