Gov Grants News and Articles

• Mass. fire chiefs balk over safety grants being linked to municipal transit-oriented housing law

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  Fire chiefs speak out about the controversial law that ties state funding to a transit, housing requirement for municipalities

• Grant brings body armor, night vision goggles to Wis. tactical paramedics

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  Wausau Fire Department paramedics will now be outfitted to work alongside law enforcement during dangerous incidents

• $800K grant helps Texas FD buy ambulance, hire EMTs

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  The Falfurrias Volunteer Fire Department will use funding from an Operation Lone Star grant to put more EMTs on the street

• Miss. PD receives nearly $200K grant to bolster Real Time Crime Center

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  The Tupelo Police Department will use the $191,000 grant to purchase a mobile surveillance trailer and more license plate readers

• Wash. sheriff's office gets federal grant to purchase two 'Grappler Police Bumper' systems

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  The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is one of 13 law enforcement agencies in Washington selected to receive a cumulative $2.6 million in funding from the grant program

• Championed by Damar Hamlin, federal bill places AEDs in schools, boosts CPR training

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  The HEARTS Act creates a grant program for schools to train students, staff and sports volunteers as well as purchase AEDs

• ‘Drone-in-a-box’ technology to transform disaster response in North Carolina

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  Autonomous drones can be placed in communities before a storm and then deployed remotely to start collecting images of damage and deliver emergency supplies

• 10 Mass. sheriffs receive $310K in federal grants to treat inmate drug use

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  The grants allow the state “to invest in programs that improve reentry outcomes and reduce the likelihood that a person will reoffend in the future"

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