Congressman Cuellar Announces Over $3.2 Million for Laredo Fire Department
Congressman
The SAFER grant, now in its 18th year, previously awarded funding to hire firefighters for the
"The
The SAFER grant is a three-year cost sharing program. During the first and second year, the federal grant will cover 75 percent of the salary and benefits of the firefighters, while the city covers the other 25 percent. In the third year, the federal grant will cover 35 percent of the salary and benefits, and the city will cover the other 65 percent.
In total, the
The new firefighters will improve the staffing and deployment capabilities of the fire department and will allow for more effective response to emergencies.
These new positions will minimize current firefighters working excessive hours due to overtime and will help decrease the probability of job injuries due to fatigue.
These funds will provide the community an increased number of trained, certified, and competent firefighters that will continue to ensure the community has ample protection from fire and fire-related hazards and can meet the challenges of a growing community.
"We are truly blessed to be in a position to expand the services of the fire department to better our response time to emergencies in the furthest northern area of our community," said
With this new grant and those received in 2007 and 2011, a total of 69 new firefighters will have been hired by the
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