Firefighters and volunteers have installed about 10,000 smoke detectors in homes in Saginaw, Mich., during an eight-month period. The Saginaw News reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Fire Protection and Safety Grant paid for most of the cost of …
Some volunteer firefighters in southern New Jersey are getting new turnout gear thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s money to the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company in Cumberland County will purchase 25 sets of coats, …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing a grant to help pay for the elevation of 16 houses Jefferson Parish. The grant covers about $2.1 million of the estimated $2.7 million total cost of the project. FEMA officials say elevating …
A $17 million grant will let Singing River Health System renovate the south tower of Singing River Hospital, fortifying it against hurricanes. Chief Operating Officer Kevin Holland tells The Mississippi Press that improvements paid for by the Federal Emergency Management …
Alabama is getting a federal grant to help homeowners in the state’s two coastal counties retrofit their homes against wind damage. State officials and officials from Mobile and Baldwin County are scheduled to announce the grant Friday morning in Mobile. …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is granting $2 million to help repair a 3-foot wastewater pipe damaged by the Duluth, Minn., storm last June. U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan announced the grant Monday. Nolan says the grant will go to the …
More than 350 radios to be sent to Louisiana fire stations in Calcasieu Parish are being paid for with $884,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency grant money in an effort to improve communication during emergencies. Lloyd Miller, communications planner for …