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Glassport Fire Department reports FEMA grant, staffing study recommends stipend program
Summary
Council heard that the Glassport Fire Department received a FEMA grant to build a fitness center and a state staffing study recommended implementing a stipend program to improve station staffing; the department is pursuing funding.
Councilman Paul Trunzo reported the Glassport Fire Department responded to 44 calls in December and 596 calls for the year 2024, and completed 1,258 man-hours of training. He announced the department received a FEMA grant to build a fitness center slated for completion in the first half of 2025.
Trunzo also relayed findings from a PA Fire and Emergency Services Institute staffing study recommending the enactment of a stipend program to staff the fire station; the department is pursuing funding options to implement the recommendation. “The department was able to obtain a FEMA grant for a new fitness center which will be completed within the first half of 2025,” Trunzo said during the report.
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