Safer Grant

City Finds Firefighter Funding
The New Bedford City Council will be asked Thursday night to transfer funds to cover the cost of 31 firefighter positions until the end of this fiscal year. The request comes after funding from a federal SAFER grant ran out two months ago...
Safer Grant Update
Safer Grant Update
Safer Grant Update
Mayor Jon Mitchell spent the day in Washington seeking Federal funding to help support the New Bedford Fire Department. Mitchell tells WBSM News, he met with the administrator of the so-called "Safer" Grant program, making a case for two more years of funding to support 21 firefighter positions...
FEMA to Allow Fire Department Positions to Stay Vacant as SAFER Money Runs Out
FEMA to Allow Fire Department Positions to Stay Vacant as SAFER Money Runs Out
FEMA to Allow Fire Department Positions to Stay Vacant as SAFER Money Runs Out
A day of reckoning is on the horizon as the clock ticks down on the federal grant funding a third of the fire department through fiscal year '15. New Bedford's Chief Financial Officer Ari Sky told the City Council during Monday's budget hearing that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will grant the city waivers to allow vacant positions due to retirements or fire fighters leaving to remain th
New Bedford Firefighters Saved
New Bedford Firefighters Saved
New Bedford Firefighters Saved
The City of New Bedford has received the $12 million SAFER grant. The federal grant announced by Congressman William Keating lifts the threat of the layoffs of 63 firefighters for the time being. The city had been on edge since SAFER grant funding was denied to the city last year, since there was still money left in the city coffers from the previous round of funding...

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