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Bowling Green to use FEMA grant for firefighter cancer screenings and PPE; commission confirms 12 hires
Summary
Commission accepted an Assistance to Firefighters Grant to fund comprehensive cancer screenings for the department and cover PPE; commissioners also approved probationary appointments of 12 firefighter recruits at the meeting.
The Bowling Green Board of Commissioners approved acceptance of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant worth $188,615.49 and confirmed the probationary appointment of 12 firefighter recruits.
City staff said the FEMA award carries a required 10% local match of $18,008.61 and will fund comprehensive cancer screening for all 170 firefighters, plus…
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