Round
16 Will Award 7 Minnesota Fire Departments on Friday
Congratulations
to the following;
Hermantown Volunteer Fire Department
Hermantown MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$89,109.00
Equipment ($99,010)
09/17/2004
Kandiyohi Fire Department
Kandiyohi MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$99,000.00
Personal Protective Equipment ($110,000)
09/17/2004
Okabena Fire Department
Okabena MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$76,365.00
Personal Protective Equipment ($84,850)
09/17/2004
Amboy Fire Department
Amboy MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$50,670.00
Equipment ($18,500)
Personal Protective Equipment ($37,800)
09/17/2004
Battle Lake Fire Association
Battle Lake MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$29,664.00
Equipment ($32,960)
09/17/2004
Cokato Volunteer Fire Department
Cokato MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$29,178.00
Equipment ($19,040)
Personal Protective Equipment ($13,380)
09/17/2004
Brainerd Fire Department
Brainerd MN08
Operations and Firefighter Safety
$31,500.00
Equipment ($23,000)
Personal Protective Equipment ($12,000)
09/17/2004
BREAKING
NEWS - United States Senate passed homeland security appropriations
bill for Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05)
On
Sept. 14, 2004, the United States Senate passed its version of the
homeland security appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2005 (FY05),
which included $750 million for the FIRE Act (the Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program) and $100 million for SAFER (the Staffing
for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2003).
These funding amounts are higher than the Senate Committee on
Appropriations had originally included in the bill. The original bill
had included $700 million for the FIRE Act, which is $50 million below
the amount appropriated for FY04. The bill had included no money for
SAFER. Two amendments increased these amounts. Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist (R-TN) introduced the successful amendment to increase the
FIRE Act amount.
Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced
the successful amendment to fund SAFER.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the homeland
security appropriations bill on June 18 of this year, including $600
million for the FIRE Act and $50 million for SAFER.
The two versions of the bill will now go to a conference committee made
up of senators and representatives from both sides of the aisle who
will work out the differences. Once they have done so, and the House
and Senate have voted to approve the conference committee version of
the bill, it will go to President Bush for his signature.
2004
Fire Prevention Grants Progress
As
of Today 46 Minnesota Fire Departments and Organizations have started
the application process.
Nation wide there are 2,836 applications in process.
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Solve
your morale problems!
Your
firefighters maybe bored because of nothing to do and the public
doesn't recognize them as heroes. Get them involved in public education
and fire prevention activities where they are helping the public. It
won't be long and they will become recognized heroes for saving lives
in a proactive way.
Thought
For The Week
Is
it just me or does anyone else find it absolutely amazing that the U.S.
Government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right
to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and determine
exactly what that cow ate. They can also track her calves right to
their stalls, and tell you what kind of feed they ate. But they are
unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around in their
country, including people that are trying to blow up important
structures in the U.S. My solution is to give every person a cow as
soon as they enter the country. What do you think?
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