Tag: Federal Emergency Management Agency
CareLink working to decontaminate N95 masks for nursing, group homes
EAST PROVIDENCE – CareLink, an East Providence-based nonprofit network of health care providers for seniors, has begun coordinating access to decontamination services for N95...
Providence Fire Department gets $750K from feds for heavy-rescue truck
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Fire Department was awarded $750,000 in federal funds for a new heavy-rescue truck, the R.I. congressional delegation announced Wednesday.
The funds...
Feds grant $4.2M to R.I. fire departments
WARWICK – Following up on previous federal support for Rhode Island fire departments to train, equip and recruit firefighters, the state’s congressional delegation announced...
FEMA grants $2.7 million to Cranston for more firefighters
PROVIDENCE – Cranston’s fire department is receiving $2.7 million in federal grants to help add 15 firefighters to its staff.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire...
Reed announces $170K to R.I. to improve dam safety
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $169,542 in federal dam-safety grant funding to rehabilitate, repair or remove high-hazard potential dams, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.,...
5 R.I. fire departments receive $1.2M in grants for training, equipment
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island fire departments will receive a total of $1.2 million in federal grants for training and equipment, the state’s congressional...
Narragansett, West Warwick fire departments receive $289.7K for training, equipment
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett and West Warwick Fire departments will receive a combined $289,720 in federal funding for training and equipment, U.S. Sens. Jack...
Legislation alters flood-area zoning height exemptions
PROVIDENCE – Among the bills signed into law by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo following the most recent legislative session, one included a zoning ordinance...
Climate advocates cheer Trump policy shift on flood insurance
NEW YORK - Climate advocates say an overhaul of the nation’s flood insurance program being unveiled by the Trump administration will spur communities around...
FEMA approves joint Pawtucket-Centrall Falls hazard mitigation plan
PAWTUCKET – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a Pawtucket-Central Falls multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan, the two municipalities announced Friday.
The plan is the...
