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Organizer says EMPG and State Homeland Security grants are pending; projects could fund SWAT and HAZMAT needs
Summary
The meeting leader said the office is operating with one staffer and is awaiting EMPG and State Homeland Security grant awards expected in October; funded projects would support SWAT, HAZMAT response and office capabilities.
The meeting leader reported that the local emergency management office is still operating as a single-person office and that two grant applications—EMPG and the State Homeland Security Grant—remain pending with the state. She said the hope is the awards will arrive in October, as they did the previous year.
"We are still waiting for grants to come back from the state," the Chair said, noting that homeland-security-funded projects, if approved, would make a "pretty good difference" for SWAT and HAZMAT response as well as for the office's capabilities. The organizer asked members to be prepared to help implement projects if funding is approved.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 043 with excerpt "We are still waiting for grants to come back from the state."; topfinish SEG 052 with excerpt "So hopes are that everything gets approved."
