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Dade County accepts EMPG funds for radios and a FEMA hazard‑mitigation planning grant worth about $28,000
Summary
Emergency management staff briefed commissioners on a 50/50 EMPG radio purchase and a separate five‑year hazard mitigation planning grant; the county will match EMPG funds and intends to use capital outlay (SPLOST) for its share.
Dade County emergency management staff told commissioners the county has been awarded federal EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant) funds to purchase portable radios and that the county also received a planning grant to update its local hazard mitigation plan.
Staff reported the EMPG award is a fifty‑fifty matching grant. The quoted purchase was for two Apex N70 portable radios at $16,007.23; the grant share covers roughly half…
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