{"id":72409,"date":"2016-08-23T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T13:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72409"},"modified":"2016-08-22T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:11:54","slug":"hanna-announces-more-than-35000-for-deruyter-fire-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72409","title":{"rendered":"Hanna announces more than $35,000 for DeRuyter Fire Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=72410\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-72410\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium.jpg.w300h337-134x150.jpg\" alt=\"DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium.jpg.w300h337\" width=\"134\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium.jpg.w300h337-134x150.jpg 134w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium.jpg.w300h337-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium.jpg.w300h337.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a>Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program helps meet needs of first responders, EMS professionals<\/em><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representative Richard Hanna today announced that the Village of DeRuyter Fire Department received federal funding to help its firefighters have the tools necessary to keep the public safe.<\/p>\n<p>The Village of DeRuyter Fire Department received $35,143 for Fiscal Year 2015 through the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG).<\/p>\n<p>The grant will be used to obtain an Air Compressor for purposes of filling Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). SCBA units are critical to firefighter safety and air quality during fire missions. This <!--more-->Air Compressor will ensure access to clean, breathable air for DeRuyter firefighters and make certain the Village of DeRuyter Fire Department has the highest probability of achieving successful missions.<\/p>\n<p>The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters\u00a0Grant Program is to meet the firefighting and\u00a0emergency response needs of fire departments\u00a0and non-affiliated emergency medical service\u00a0organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped\u00a0firefighters and other first responders obtain\u00a0critically needed equipment, protective gear,\u00a0emergency vehicles, training and other resources needed to protect the public\u00a0and emergency personnel from fire\u00a0and related hazards.<\/p>\n<p>The program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By the numbers<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Village of DeRuyter Fire Department<br \/>\nGrant Award:<\/strong> $35,143<br \/>\n<strong>For:<\/strong> Operations and Safety<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> DeRuyter, N.Y.<br \/>\n<strong>County:<\/strong> Madison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program helps meet needs of first responders, EMS professionals U.S. Representative Richard Hanna today announced that the Village of DeRuyter Fire Department received federal funding to help its firefighters have the tools necessary to keep the public safe. The Village of DeRuyter Fire Department received $35,143 for Fiscal Year 2015 through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}