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Rep. Gus Bilirakis Announces Grant Notification for Firefighters |
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Assistance to
Firefighter Grants Program Award Application now available
April 3, 2007
Washington,
D.C. - Rep.
Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Palm
Harbor),
a member of the Homeland Security Committee, announced today that the
application period for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Assistance to Firefighter
Grants (AFG) Program is now open. Applications are available at www.firegrantsupport.com. The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be accepting applications until 5:00
p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2007.
DHS is expected to award more than $492 million in AFG funds in FY 2007.
The AFG funds are used by firefighters to help increase the
effectiveness of their emergency response operations, as well as to improve
firefighter health and safety. The program is available for rural, urban,
and suburban fire departments and non-fire based EMS
organizations throughout the United
States.
"Our nation's firefighters and other emergency personnel are
on America's
frontlines at home in the Global War on Terror," said Rep. Bilirakis.
"They ensure the safety of Americans by providing rapid response to our
community's emergency needs - no matter how big or small. It is extremely
important that the federal government do everything in its power to assist
these homeland heroes, and this grant program is one of those ways."
For additional information or questions, please reference
the above Web site or contact Rep. Bilirakis' Homeland Security Grants
Legislative Assistant James Robertson in Congressman Bilirakis' Washington
D.C.
office at (202) 225-5755.
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