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New Kent County to draft SAFER grant application to add 15 firefighters, board defers final approval
Summary
County fire chief asked the Board of Supervisors for permission to prepare a FEMA SAFER grant application to hire 15 firefighters to bring three stations into compliance with national staffing standards; the board agreed to let staff prepare a draft application but deferred committing county matching funds until the budget process.
New Kent County’s fire chief asked the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 to approve preparing an application for the federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant that would fund 15 new firefighter positions aimed at bringing three understaffed stations into a four‑person minimum company standard.
Chief Opat told the board the county currently cross‑staffs units at Quentin, Lenexa and Eltham and typically has fewer than the national minimum of four firefighters per company. “If we were awarded, that would allow for us to hire…
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