{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/vermont-firefighters-and-ems-personnel-receive-19-million-in-federal-grants", "Vermont Firefighters and EMS Personnel Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Grants", "2016-10-07", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.07.16\n\t\t\t Vermont Firefighters and EMS Personnel Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Grants \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tVermont Firefighters and EMS Personnel Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Grants\r\nBURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 7  Vermont's congressional delegation announced Friday that firefighters and EMS personnel throughout Vermont are receiving $1.9 million through 15 federal grants.\r\nThe awards are part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, which helps fire departments and EMS agencies train and purchase critically needed equipment. This year's grants will help buy a range of equipment, including turnout gear, breathing apparatus, hoses and nozzles, radios and cardiac monitors.\r\nThese federal grants will help our first-responders protect Vermonters. Our firefighters and EMS personnel play an invaluable role in our communities and we are pleased to be able to help provide the resources they need, said Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.).\r\nThe largest of the grant awards is for the Vermont Department of Public Safety's Fire Academy, which is receiving $500,000 for a burn building, a training facility that provides opportunities to practice firefighting scenarios.\r\nThe Vermont Fire Academy is grateful to have received AFG funding that will allow us the opportunity to replace our live-fire training burn building. This is a real boost for the Vermont firefighting community. Thanks to all that continue to support this grant, said Peter Lynch, the state's chief of fire service training for the Vermont Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Public Safety.\r\nThe federal grants were awarded to:\r\n \r\nVermont Department of Public Safety (Vermont Fire Academy); $500,000\r\nUnderhill-Jericho Fire Department, Inc.; $228,262\r\nEssex Fire Department; $180,000\r\nSt. Johnsbury Fire Department; $178,572\r\nAscutney Volunteer Fire Association; $156,762\r\nBellows Falls Fire Department; $142,858\r\nWardsboro Fire Department; $129,524\r\nWest Windsor Fire Department; $90,667\r\nCavendish Volunteer Fire Department; $85,715\r\nWest Weathersfield Volunteer Fire Department; $83,810\r\nPownal Rescue Squad; $43,610\r\nSpringfield Fire Department; $36,427\r\nMontpelier Fire/Ambulance Department; $23,765\r\nBrookfield Volunteer Fire Department; $19,048\r\nPownal Fire Department; $13,719\r\n \r\n#####\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tPress Contact  David Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/vermont-firefighters-and-ems-personnel-receive-19-million-in-federal-grants"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8609290234744549, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}