Funding and Grants
Fire departments in impoverished areas may soon get a leg up in the grant process.
The head of the U.S. Fire Service wants to give departments in "high-risk and economically deprived" communities a leg up in the grant process.
While speaking at the annual VCOS symposium in Clearwater, Fla. on Nov. 6, USFA Administrator Kelvin Cochran said he hopes to offer non-competitive grants as soon as next year to communities that don't have the money or the resources needed to obtain them.
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