Tag: Assistance to Firefighter Grants

  • Area fire departments will receive funding to purchase PPE, other supplies

    Area fire departments will receive funding to purchase PPE, other supplies

    More than $400,000 in federal funding through the Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) program from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will ensure fire departments across New Jersey have the resources to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and other related supplies. This $407,778.57 in funding was secured in the CARES Act passed last year and…

  • Hopewell Township receives funds for PPE for firefighters

    Hopewell Township receives funds for PPE for firefighters

    U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced fire departments across New Jersey received a combined $472,814.50 in federal Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and other essential supplies to protect firefighters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, Hopewell Township received $29,571.43. “Firefighters put their lives on the line every single…