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Fire marshal: FEMA grant will upgrade emergency key‑box security and interoperability
Summary
Fire Marshal Rich Gieske said a FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety grant (applied for with Bellevue) will fund an upgrade of emergency key‑box systems to electronic access, improve interoperability with Bellevue and Redmond PD, and is about $300,000 with a 5% labor match; council expects the item on the Oct. 1 consent agenda.
The committee heard from Fire Marshal Rich Gieske about a Department of Homeland Security/FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant the city applied for jointly with the City of Bellevue.
Gieske said the grant will fund upgrades to the city's emergency key‑box systems — converting physical cores to electronic access and improving the security…
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