WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $67,099 competitive grant to Grinnell Fire Department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants’ Operations and Safety Program.
“It’s important that firefighters have the equipment needed to do their job to the best of their ability” Grassley said. “Their lives, and the lives of others, depend on it.”
According to FEMA, Assistance to Firefighters Grants’ Operations and Safety Program grants are used to train firefighters, purchase equipment and improve fire stations and facilities.
Each year, thousands of local Iowa organizations, colleges and universities, individuals and state agencies apply for competitive grants from the federal government. The funding is then awarded based on each local organization or individual’s ability to meet criteria set by the federal entity.