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Bannock County ambulance district asks commissioners to request one-year FEMA extension to use surplus AFG funds
Summary
Bannock County Ambulance District requested county authorization to ask FEMA for a one-year extension on an Assistance to Firefighters Grant so leftover funds — about $77,000 — can fund two additional paramedic students; commissioners approved the request and briefly entered the ambulance board.
Bannock County commissioners authorized the county ambulance district on Tuesday to submit a letter to FEMA asking for a one-year performance-period extension on an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) so the district can use leftover funds to train additional paramedic students.
Autumn Baker, operations lead for the Bannock County Ambulance District, told commissioners the district originally budgeted for an out-of-area training program but instead used a lower-cost program based at Madison (Rexburg area), producing an estimated savings of about $77,000. “When we submitted…
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