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Allentown committee forwards $18,000 Norfolk Southern grant for HAZMAT gear; reviews county hazard-mitigation plan
Summary
A committee of the Allentown City Council voted to forward a supplemental $18,000 Norfolk Southern grant appropriation for hazardous-materials equipment to the full council and reviewed the countyhazard-mitigation plan update; committee members discussed recent fires and department needs.
A committee of the Allentown City Council on the evening agenda considered two public-safety items: forwarding a supplemental appropriation of $18,000 from the Norfolk Southern Rail Safety First grant to buy hazardous-materials equipment for the Allentown Fire Department, and reviewing a proposed resolution to adopt the Lehigh Valley 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Deputy Chief Matt Ahear, the citydeputy chief and emergency-management coordinator, said the hazard-mitigation plan is an update to a document first adopted in 2008 and revised every five years. "This plan has been adopted since 02/2008. It's nothing new. It's just updated every 5 years," Ahear said, adding that adoption is commonly a condition for grant funding and maintains the city's planning…
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