MIDDLEBOROUGH — Fire Chief Owen Thompson is pleased to announce that the Middleborough Fire Department has been awarded a regional Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The Assistance to Firefighters Grant program is a competitive federal grant initiative designed to help municipalities manage the financial burden of delivering fire protection and emergency medical services to their communities.
The Middleborough Fire Department has been awarded $422,815. Grant funds will be used to purchase new portable radios, truck-mounted mobile radios and portable repeaters. Additionally, an emissions exhaust system will be installed at both the Middleborough Fire Department Headquarters, 125 N Main St, and Middleborough North Fire Station #3, 58 Bedford St.
The Town of Middleborough will match the grant award by 10 percent, bringing the total funding available to the department to $465,000.
“This federal grant in support of the Middleborough Fire Department will ensure our first responders are able to better communicate during incidents, which will save lives and better protect our firefighters from harm,” said U.S. Rep. Bill Keating. “Firefighters put their lives on the line every day to protect us, and I am proud of this federal investment which will ensure Middleborough’s firefighters have the best equipment to accomplish their vital mission.”
Assistance to Firefighters Grants
Assistance to Firefighters Grants are allocated to fire departments nationally to fund and aid the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service organizations.
These federal grants help 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.
For more information on the AFG program, click here.
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