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| 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 | legacy | 10.07.16 Vermont Firefighters and EMS Personnel Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Grants Vermont Firefighters and EMS Personnel Receive $1.9 Million in Federal Grants BURLINGTON, 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. The 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. These 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.). The 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. The 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. The federal grants were awarded to: Vermont Department of Public Safety (Vermont Fire Academy); $500,000 Underhill-Jericho Fire Department, Inc.; $228,262 Essex Fire Department; $180,000 St. Johnsbury Fire Department; $178,572 Ascutney Volunteer Fire Association; $156,762 Bellows Falls Fire Department; $142,858 Wardsboro Fire Department; $129,524 West Windsor Fire Department; $90,667 Cavendish Volunteer Fire Department; $85,715 West Weathersfield Volunteer Fire Department; $83,810 Pownal Rescue Squad; $43,610 Springfield Fire Department; $36,427 Montpelier Fire/Ambulance Department; $23,765 Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department; $19,048 Pownal Fire Department; $13,719 ##### Press Contact Press Contact David Carle: 202-224-3693 Next Article Previous Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |