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Fire chiefs urge funding for USAR, microgrants and regional preparedness at H.935 hearing
Summary
Vermont fire and rescue leaders told a Senate committee that small microgrants, steady USAR funding and regional coordination are essential to keep volunteers trained and equipment geographically available; chiefs warned that loss of appropriations would hamper timely disaster response.
Local fire and rescue leaders told the Senate Committee on Government Operations on April 21 that H.935’s microgrant and USAR provisions address critical operational gaps and that unstable funding undermines readiness.
Eric, who identified himself as the fire chief for the town of Williston, testified in support of the technical rescue microgrant program and expanded all-hazards alerting. He said small departments often have to choose between replacing personal protective gear and buying specialized rescue equipment and argued microgrants would allow geographically strategic placement of…
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