Johnson City Fire Dept. News and Events: SCBA Grant

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

SCBA Grant

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Johnson City Fire Department is awarded $180K Equipment Grant

The Johnson City Fire Department has been awarded an operational grant from the 2010 FEMA /Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The $180,264 grant will be used to enhance firefighter safety and efficiency through an upgrade of the Fire Department’s Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) program and by the purchase of communications headsets for use in the Fire Engines. The grant allows for the modernization of Firefighter’s “air packs” to a lower profile, lighter and more efficient device. The Fire Department’s grant writing committee, headed by Firefighter Kevin Haynes, strives to attain grant awards that increase the feasibility of equipment purchases that improve safety and the quality of service to the citizens of Johnson City. Firefighter Haynes states that grant application process “is a team effort”. The Grant Committee members are Firefighters Kevin Haynes, Joe Cantrill, Jonathan Fulmer, David Sprinkle, and Ted Leinaar.