LINCOLN The Saylesville Fire District will receive $105,435, in a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant to help cover the cost of a fourth firefighter over the next five years.
I am pleased to have helped secure this federal funding so that Lincoln can meet its on-duty force needs, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said in a statement from Washington, D.C. This federal investment will help the Saylesville Fire District bolster its force and provide the services the district requires.
SAFER grants part of the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant program are intended to help fire departments and other local emergency response agencies to expand their staff, in order to better protect the public. They are awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is now a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
I am grateful to Senator Reed for working hard to make certain that Lincoln has the money to add another firefighter to our force, said Saylesville Fire Chief David Almond. The Saylesville Fire District will now have four full-time firefighters on duty, with this hire.
The money will come from the fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. Reed a member of the Appropriations Committee that oversees such funding hosts a workshop each February to assist Rhode Island fire departments in applying for grants through the AFG program.
