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Commission approves SAFER grant purchases for firefighter gear and a locally built skid unit
Summary
Ellis County accepted grant funding and approved purchase orders to outfit firefighters with NFPA-compliant structural gear under a SAFER award and to build a brush-truck skid unit locally; county share of the skid-unit cost is roughly $1,800 after reimbursement.
Ellis County commissioners on Jan. 20 approved purchase orders to equip firefighters using a federal SAFER grant and to purchase a brush-truck skid unit tied to a Department of Interior award.
County Administrator Darren Myers said the SAFER award reimburses roughly $3,750 per firefighter for qualifying structural firefighting gear for up to 10 firefighters and described additional…
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