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WASHINGTON, DC — United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Jim McGovern, Mike Capuano, and Bill Keating, announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded five fire departments in Massachusetts--including one on the SouthCoast--nearly $2...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced earlier this week that they would be awarding $310.5 millon as part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

Congressman Bill Keating's office announced on Friday that the Marion Fire Department received $81,425 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant.

New Bedford has been awarded a federal SAFER grant. FEMA announced the grants today, and has awarded New Bedford $4.6 million to cover fire department staffing needs. The grant will fund about 21 firefighters over the next two years. New Bedford Firefighter Union President Billy Cabral tells WBSM News a lot of credit goes to Congressman Bill Keating, and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey for

The City's fire department receives a nearly $90,000 grant for new equipment. New Bedford Fire Chief Michael Gomes says it's the 7th year in a row the department has been awarded FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters grant. Gomes tells WBSM News the grant will offer assistance in several areas, including preserving the hearing of firefighters, which can be damaged by loud sirens and other factors... R

High flood insurance premiums in Fairhaven are leaving residents out to dry. At Monday's Selectmen's meeting, representatives spoke about FEMA's Community Rating System that gives discounts to participating communities going beyond the minimum standards for flood preparation...

(Associated Press) - President Obama has signed a disaster declaration for Massachusetts and ordered federal aid to help the state recover from the blizzard that hit the region from Jan. 26-28. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials issued the declaration Monday after Gov...

Gov. Charlie Baker has formally asked the federal government to declare a disaster in 10 Massachusetts counties after a record-setting series of winter storms. The request was made Friday in a 22-page letter to President Barack Obama, delivered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Residents of Freetown are being asked to review preliminary flood insurance rate maps that were recently released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The four maps cover sections of East Freetown and, if they are finalized, officials say they will become the basis for the town's floodplain management plans...

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