Somerville, MA receives $254,840 to assist fire department in latest round of grants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today $59 million in direct assistance grants to 392 fire departments nationwide through the agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. Additional phases will soon be announced.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program includes grants to the following fire departments in Massachusetts:

• Barre, MA –Federal share of $82,762 for vehicle extrication equipment
• Beverly, MA –Federal share of $165,909 for portable and mobile radios
• Brewster, MA –Federal share of $28,950 for vehicle extrication equipment
• Canton, MA –Federal share of $103,091 for wellness & fitness equipment
• Chelsea, MA –Federal share of $315,152 for Hazardous Materials training
• Eastham, MA –Federal share of $47,714 for an air compressor – air refill system
• Falmouth, MA –Federal share of $194,182 for (2) power stretchers, (2) ambulance power load systems, and an air compressor system
• Gardner, MA –Federal share of $248,182 for firefighter breathing apparatus
• Onset Fire District, Wareham, MA – Federal share of $69,856 for an air compressor-air refill system
• Quincy, MA –Federal share of $104,482 for firefighter personal escape systems and firefighter training
• Rockland, MA –Federal share of $ 67,120 for Active Shooter – Mass Casualty training
• Scituate, MA –Federal share of $60,000 for (7) Thermal Imaging cameras
• Seekonk, MA –Federal share of $42,857 for (5) Thermal Imaging Cameras
• Sherborn, MA –Federal share of $140,000 for firefighter breathing apparatus
• Somerville, MA – Federal share of $254,840 for Hazardous Materials training
• Tewksbury, MA –Federal share of $43,551.82 for Fire Instructor training.
• Topsfield, MA –Federal share of $11,333 for (7) automatic cardiac defibrillators.
• Truro, MA –Federal share of $134,268 for (2) power stretchers and (2) ambulance power load systems
• Waltham, MA –Federal share of $328,587 for fire officer training
• Warwick, MA – Federal share of $80,000 for firefighter breathing apparatus
• West Springfield, MA –Federal share of $40,909 for (5) Thermal Imaging Cameras
• Westwood, MA –Federal share of $56,190 for a firefighter wellness & fitness program
• Wilbraham, MA –Federal share of $128,571.43 for (3) power stretchers and stretcher – ambulance load systems
• Wrentham, MA –Federal share of $91,428 for a fire sprinkler system for the headquarters station
• Yarmouth, MA – Federal share of $112,727 for vehicle extrication equipment

Since 2001, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.

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 Assistance to Firefighters grant program(s) may be found at https://www.fema.gov/firegrants.