Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
A $565,000 grant awarded to the Calumet City Fire Department will pay for hiring additional firefighters, as will a grant of $537,000 to the Homewood Fire Department. The grants are part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
A grant of just under $27,000 to South Chicago Heights will be used for a community risk reduction assessment that can be stored online for access by firefighters.
#1 by Chuck on October 12, 2019 - 5:26 PM
$27,000 for a community risk reduction assessment system for a department that protects a town of 4,100 people. There isn’t equipment they need more crucially than this? This money will end up in somebody’s pockets to be sure.