MEEKER COUNTY MN – Meeker County fire departments will now be receiving financial support for purchasing 800 MHz radio equipment for the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER). Sheriff Jeff Norlin announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant he applied for was awarded in the amount of $162,540.
Norlin is the director of Meeker County Emergency Management and sought funding in May, 2009 on behalf of all Meeker County fire departments through a FY 2009 Assistance to Firefighters grant.
“Grant awards are generally very competitive and any time we are successful in being awarded a grant, we are very happy,” Norlin said. “This award though is extra special,” he added, “as the dollar amount is significant; it is for essential mobile and portable radio equipment for volunteer fire departments, and comes at a time when local funds are stretched to the limit.”
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