[HFDlist] FEMA SAFER AWARD

[rhall at holdenma.gov]

All:

I am pleased to announce that the department has been awarded a  
federal grant from FEMA to increase our staffing levels.  The SAFER  
award is highly competitive and only 300 departments nationwide  
receive this grant on an annual basis.  The grant award for Holden is  
for 6 FF/EMT's and Paramedics with funding for a 36 month period of  
performance.  This type of award allows for the department and the  
town to receive funding to offset the costs of the hiring of  
personnel.  This is a great opportunity for the department to enhance  
our service to the town and better deploy our resources.  We are  
currently working with the Finance Committee and the Town Manager on  
acceptance of the award.  Hopefully the award will be accepted and we  
will begin the process of recruiting the new firefighters.  I will  
keep everyone advised as we move through the acceptance process and  
determine a final outcome of this award.

Thanks:

Russ

  /Public Information Office/

  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)

  99 High St[1], 6th Floor

  Boston, MA 02110

   

  Date:                August 23, 2018

  Contact:           Dennis Pinkham

  Phone:             617-956-7547

  NEWS RELEASE

   

   

  FEMA APPROVES $ 926,818 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY  
RESPONSE (SAFER) GRANT TO THE HOLDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT

   

   

  BOSTON – The Holden Fire Department in Holden, MA. will receive $  
926,818 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a  
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant. The  
grant will be used to hire 6 new firefighters for the Holden Fire  
Department for a three year period.

   

  The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant  
program was created to provide funding directly to fire departments  
and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase  
the number of trained front-line firefighters available in their  
communities.

  The $ 926,818 grant represents a federal cost-share of the total  
project cost of $ 1,502,946. The remainder will come from non-federal  
sources.

   

  This grant is funded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant  
(AFG) program. Eligible applicants include local fire departments,  
fire districts, nonaffiliated EMS organizations, tribal fire  
departments and State Fire Training Academies. The grant applications  
are submitted from each agency directly to FEMA, where the  
applications are reviewed and scored by fire service personnel from  
throughout the nation.

   

  FEMA obligates funding for this project directly to the recipient  
agencies. It is the recipient agency’s responsibility to manage their  
grant award within federal guidelines with technical assistance and  
monitoring provided by FEMA Fire Program Specialists.

   

  Additional information about FEMA’s [AFG and/or FP&S and/or SAFER]  
grant program(s) may be found at HTTPS://WWW.FEMA.GOV/_FIREGRANTS_.

   

   

   

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-- 
Russ Hall
Fire Chief
Holden Fire Dept.
1370 Main Street
Holden, MA 01520
508-210-5650
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