Blunt Announces Fire Departments
Receive Homeland Security Grants
JEFFERSON CITY, September 30, 2005-Gov. Matt Blunt
announced today that Missouri was awarded over $2.9 Million to 31
Missouri fire departments. The grants represent the 3rd through 7th
round of Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards, awarded on a weekly
basis.
Director Mark James of the Department of Public Safety
said the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program assists local fire
departments in purchasing firefighting equipment, funding firefighter
health and safety programs, enhancing emergency medical services programs,
and conducting fire education and prevention programs.
“Firefighter Grant Awards from the Department
of Homeland Security allow our local fire and emergency response teams
to be outfitted with the equipment and vehicles they need to adequately
protect and serve Missourians,” James said.
Missouri Fire Departments receiving grants for to purchase
equipment through the Operations and Safety program are: Nixa Fire
Department (FD) ($82,892), Webb City FD ($52,067), Wheaton FD ($109,250),
Jefferson R-7 FPD ($92,953), Helena Lion FD ($35,297), Washburn FD
($60,195), Berkeley FD ($66,838), University City FD ($78,914), Odessa
EMS ($48,450), Excelsior Springs FD ($114,000), Scott City FD ($70,267),
Curryville VFD ($49,029); Des Peres DPS ($45,401), Cedar Hill FPD
($42,157), Lake Ozark FPD ($227,858), Eureka FPD ($241,790), Shrewsbury
FD ($57,000); Bourbon FPD ($56,845), Maplewood FD ($47,500), DeKalb
FPD ($55,575), Hamilton FPD ($82,112), Black Jack FPD ($116,334),
Columbia FD ($141,286), Goose Creek Lake FD ($34,769), Leopold Volunteer
VFD ($48,118), Holts Summit FPD ($42,085), and Higginsville Ambulance
($28,500).
Missouri Fire Departments receiving grants to purchase
vehicles are: Purdy FD ($180,500), West Plains Fire and Rescue ($261,250),
Howell County Rural Fire District ($269,800), Timber Knob VFD ($66,738).
To date, 102 Missouri Fire Departments have received
$10,533,565 for the 2005 Assistance to Firefighter Grants program,
which began August 19, 2005.
For more information on the Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Program, please contact Terri Durdaller at (573) 751-4819.