REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA L’ITALIEN ANNOUNCES
GEORGETOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANT
Boston, MA – Representative Barbara L’Italien (D-Andover) announced today that the Georgetown Fire Department was selected by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) and its Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to receive a $1,991.75 grant under the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program (VFA) funded by the National Fire Plan (NFP).
DCR’s Division of State Parks and Recreation/Bureau of Forest Fire Control promotes wildland fire protection and training for cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. Many communities have call and volunteer departments, who rely on outside sources of funding to provide for the necessary equipment that they cannot afford through the normal budgetary process.
“I am extremely pleased that the Town of Georgetown has been selected to receive this grant from the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and the Department of Conservation and Recreation,” commented L’Italien. “It is important that Georgetown has the proper equipment to ensure that the town and its’ people are safe.”
VFA funds are made available to DCR through the USDA Forest Service to assist call or volunteer fire departments that provide service primarily to a community with a population of 10,000 or less. Funding is available on a 50% reimbursement basis. NFP funding provides assistance to (1) high risk communities adjacent to federal lands, (2) those communities working in partnership with federal firefighting agencies in responding to wildland fires, or (3) high risk communities, not associated with federal lands.
