| On February 3, 2012 the Honey Brook Fire Company received official notification from FEMA that we were awarded $63,650 through the 2011 Assistance to Firefighter's Grant Program.
The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical service organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.
The Honey Brook Fire Company requested in our 2011 AFG application funds to help replace our outdated hydraulic rescue tools and airbag lifting systems. Many of our current hydraulic rescue tools are over 20+ years old and are no longer compatible with our surrounding mutual aid departments.
Purchasing new systems will allow our members to have access to the latest technology in the field using more powerful, lighter, and safer hydraulic power tools to help extricate victims from vehicles and machinery. On average we respond to anywhere from 5-10 incidents in and around Honey Brook that require us to utilize the rescue tools. Any given year the Fire Company responds to over 70 accident calls per year.
For more information about the Assistance to Firefighter's Grant Program:
http://www.fema.gov/firegrants/afggrants/index.shtm |
