(KNZA)--The Hiawatha Fire Department has been awarded a grant from the Kansas Forestry Service for additional equipment.
The City Commission Monday evening voted to accept the nearly $9,700 grant through the Volunteer Fire Assistance, Cooperative Fire Protection Program and to provide a local match in the amount of just over $4,800.
The Department was awarded funding for all the equipment listed on their grant application--including gloves, hose, a dump tank liner, pump, nozzle valve and strainer.
According to a press release, the department has received the grant in previous years. However, the release says the grant comes at a particular time where additional equipment is needed to help with fire protection within the 105 squares miles the fire department covers.
The grant was written by Fire Chief Gary Shear and Public Relations Officer Jordanne Shockley.
The Kansas Forestry Service is the Nation’s 5th oldest state forestry agency.
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