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Fauquier County accepts $4.48 million FEMA SAFER grant to add 24 fire personnel; county faces growing local share in year three
Summary
Fauquier County officials said a FEMA SAFER award of $4,477,170 will add 24 firefighter positions (12 for New Baltimore, 12 for Remington). FEMA covers 75% in years one and two, dropping to 35% in year three, leaving an increased local budget burden.
Fauquier County will accept a federal FEMA SAFER staffing grant totaling $4,477,170 to fund 24 additional fire personnel over three years, county presenters told the Board of Supervisors during the Oct. 9 agenda review. The county plans to assign 12 new positions to the New Baltimore station and 12 to Remington to allow engines and medic units to staff together, officials said.
"This the county was recently awarded a FEMA SAFER grant in the amount of 4,477,170," a…
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