RHODE ISLAND RECEIVED $8 million federal national preparedness funds to bolster its disaster preparedness and emergency response capabilities. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island will receive $7,911,775 in federal national preparedness funds to bolster its disaster preparedness and emergency response capabilities, U.S. Sens. Jack F. Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Reps. James R. Langevin and David N. Cicilline announced Friday. The funding has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and will…