Federal funding for R.I.’s fire departments

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced that the Department of Homeland Security is awarding the R.I. State Fire Marshal new federal funds for training and equipment.
The State Fire Marshal’s office will receive $133,818 in federal funding from the fiscal year 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, which Reed supported.
The money will be used to purchase equipment to aid with fire investigations and inspections, including a camera and new computers, and to provide fire safety training and demonstrations in Rhode Island schools and for the state’s 80 fire departments and volunteer fire departments.