July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Terror grants awarded (7/13/04)
County to get almost $160,000 in funds
Five state and federal grants totaling almost $160,000 will give a big boost to emergency personnel in Jay County.
Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management Agency, told Jay County Commissioners Monday that local agencies have been awarded the grants, which are designed to battle terrorism.
Among the uses for the equipment will be the purchase of a countywide communications system, equipment and training for fire departments, Jay Emergency Medical Service and EMA, improvements to the county’s Geographic Information System and equipment for law enforcement and First Responders.
“I think we’re going to be able to have some of our First Responders better prepared to recognize terrorism, whether it’s international or domestic,” Frazee said Monday afternoon. “We’re going to have better trained, better equipped First Responders out there on the front line.”
The total amount of $156,944 is broken down into six separate grants — including $60,475 for a shared communications system and $42,363 for equipment for JEMS, EMA and the six fire departments in the county.
The communications system is to meet a federal mandate that all state and local emergency agencies be able to communicate with one another. The purchase will include two base units and 16 portable radios.
The $42,363 Department of Homeland Security grant will provide terrorism training, decontamination units, thermal imaging units, a radiological detector and additional communications equipment for EMA.
A grant of $19,002 will pay to convert the aerial photo on the county’s GIS system to three meter resolution.
The other three grants include $16,356 for CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) gas masks to supplement the 80 boxes that were purchased for First Responders from a grant earlier this year; an $11,111 grant to combat agricultural terrorism; and a grant of $7,637 that will be used by law enforcement agencies for radiological detectors, night vision and low-light binoculars.
The agriculture will actually be passed through to the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service and will be used for training.
Frazee said Monday the checks for the grant funds should arrive sometime later this month.[[In-content Ad]]
Ralph Frazee, director of Jay County Emergency Management Agency, told Jay County Commissioners Monday that local agencies have been awarded the grants, which are designed to battle terrorism.
Among the uses for the equipment will be the purchase of a countywide communications system, equipment and training for fire departments, Jay Emergency Medical Service and EMA, improvements to the county’s Geographic Information System and equipment for law enforcement and First Responders.
“I think we’re going to be able to have some of our First Responders better prepared to recognize terrorism, whether it’s international or domestic,” Frazee said Monday afternoon. “We’re going to have better trained, better equipped First Responders out there on the front line.”
The total amount of $156,944 is broken down into six separate grants — including $60,475 for a shared communications system and $42,363 for equipment for JEMS, EMA and the six fire departments in the county.
The communications system is to meet a federal mandate that all state and local emergency agencies be able to communicate with one another. The purchase will include two base units and 16 portable radios.
The $42,363 Department of Homeland Security grant will provide terrorism training, decontamination units, thermal imaging units, a radiological detector and additional communications equipment for EMA.
A grant of $19,002 will pay to convert the aerial photo on the county’s GIS system to three meter resolution.
The other three grants include $16,356 for CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) gas masks to supplement the 80 boxes that were purchased for First Responders from a grant earlier this year; an $11,111 grant to combat agricultural terrorism; and a grant of $7,637 that will be used by law enforcement agencies for radiological detectors, night vision and low-light binoculars.
The agriculture will actually be passed through to the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service and will be used for training.
Frazee said Monday the checks for the grant funds should arrive sometime later this month.[[In-content Ad]]
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