From
left: Council President Mike Knapp; County
Executive Isiah Leggett; U.S. Senator Barbara
Mikulski; County Fire Chief Tom Carr; Montgomery
County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
President Marcine Goodloe; U.S. Congressman
Chris Van Hollen; and Rockville Mayor Susan
Hoffmann.
| Montgomery County recently
received a new $1.3 million federal
grant for emergency communications equipment
that will improve career and volunteer
firefighter safety and enhance the County’s
emergency response capabilities. The
Assistance to Firefighters grant award
will fund critical emergency communications
equipment to enhance firefighter safety
and operational accountability, in addition
to improve direct dispatch capabilities
and first responder communications across
jurisdictions in the Washington Metropolitan
area. <more> |