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Emergency Services to apply for FEMA grant to buy 250 NOAA weather radios
Summary
The board approved Emergency Services' application to the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program to purchase 250 weather radios, 150 portable radios and 50 strobe/shaker kits for residents, with no local match required.
Yadkin County Emergency Services received board approval on April 20 to apply for the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program (NGWSGP), a FEMA-funded grant administered by North Carolina Emergency Management. The application would buy 250 fixed NOAA weather radios, 150 portable radios and 50 strobe light/pillow shaker kits for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents to improve IPAWS capabilities.
Emergency Services staff said the grant requires no local match and there is no ongoing monthly cost; the units would be distributed to residents to bolster life-safety communications. The board approved submitting the application as part of the consent agenda.
