News Releases for September 2004
September 17, 2004
Contact: Gordon Weixel, Division of Emergency Management, (701) 328-8100
Hoeven Announces Assistance To Firefighters Grant To Aid Harvey Fire Department
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today announced that the Harvey Fire Department will receive a grant from the Department of Homeland Security in the latest round of the Fiscal Year 2004 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The $81,450 grant will be used to enhance firefighting operations and firefighter safety programs.
The grant program, administered by the Department's Office for Domestic Preparedness in cooperation with the United States Fire Administration (USFA), was established to ensure that America's firefighters have the resources they need to protect their communities and themselves.
Over the next several months, approximately 8,000 grants worth nearly $750 million in direct assistance will be awarded to fire departments throughout the country to assist in purchasing firefighting equipment, funding health and safety programs, enhancing medical services programs and conducting fire education and prevention programs.
For more information regarding fire grants, as well as a list of current grant recipients, visit the USFA Web site at www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/grants/.
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