Tag: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Reed, Whitehouse secure $763,810 grant for local fire departments
SCITUATE – Sens. Jack F. Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., will join the North Scituate Volunteer Fire Department and the Woonasquatucket Valley Fire...
3 R.I. fire departments receive $515K in grants for new equipment,...
PROVIDENCE – Three fire departments can purchase lifesaving equipment and upgrade communications and protective gear thanks to $515,034 in federal funding.
Fire departments in Pawtucket,...
Report: R.I. ranked No. 14 most prepared state for natural disasters
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked as the No. 14 most-prepared state nationwide to face life-threatening weather, in a report released by Gold Eagle last week.
The company...
R.I. receives $7.4M in homeland security grants
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received $7.4 million in federal homeland security grants, the Rhode Island congressional delegation announced Monday.
Funds were awarded by the U.S....
Climate mitigation pays off, but it has to be put in...
This week’s conclusion of a three-part series by PBN staff writer Eli Sherman on Rhode Island’s vulnerability to flooding and storm damage is sobering.
The...
The Ocean State has seen the damage storms can cause. So...
(Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island's vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local...
United Way honors McFarland for leading RICCA
When it comes to giving in Rhode Island, there may be no more powerful force than the Rhode Island Community Action Association. But its...
Providence awarded $974K FEMA grant to buy new ambulance, fire truck
PROVIDENCE – An estimated $974,000 in federal funding is being made available to the Providence Fire Department to purchase two new vehicles, the state’s...
