FARMINGTON – Franklin County got word this week that it would be receiving a $420,778.53 grant for emergency preparedness.
Tim Hardy, the county emergency manager, said the grant came through the federal Homeland Security Grant Program, which is administered in state by Maine Emergency Management Agency, he said Thursday.
In a collaborative effort with public works, schools, fire departments, emergency medical services and the hospital, the county applied for $468,978.53 for security and surveillance equipment, generators for shelters and hazardous material training and equipment.
Though Hardy said he was told the county received the grant, he hasn’t seen it in black and white and doesn’t know exactly what the grant money will cover.
He plans to make a full report Tuesday to commissioners’ during their meeting.
The state received about $9 million statewide from the Homeland Security Grant Program, he said.
“I’m totally pleased,” Hardy said. “I’m very pleased. It will go to a very good cause in the county.”
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