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Fire department details training, pipeline and equipment grants; $49,476 equipment award requires council accept-and-expend
Summary
Officials told the Boston City Council committee that federal and state grants are funding expanded training, pipeline response and marine exercises; a $49,476 FY26 equipment grant for reach poles, elevator-rescue kits and carbon-monoxide detectors was awarded and awaits council accept-and-expend.
Boston Fire Department officials told a Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice on March 31 that a set of federal and state grants is funding expanded training, marine and pipeline response exercises, forensic-lab improvements and targeted equipment purchases — and that the council will need to accept and expend some awards.
Julie Devon, the department’s financial grants manager, said the department is administering 13 active awards (eight federal, five state) totaling more than $4 million. She said the department was awarded a FY26 Department of Fire Services equipment grant this morning that requires council accept-and-expend and totals $49,476 to buy 24 reach-pole systems, elevator-rescue kits and to replace 36 carbon-monoxide detectors attached to company respirator medical bags across the…
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