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Vermont receives $10.45 million in new first-responder grants

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TIMES ARGUS STAFF - Published: December 8, 2009

MONTPELIER -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., today announced $10.45 million in new first-responder grants to Vermont. The grants will be used to address the planning, equipment, training and exercise needs of first responders across the state the senator's office said in a release.

The new funding includes $6.6 million through the State Homeland Security Grant Program that Leahy authored in 2001. Leahy's all-state minimum funding formula, modified in recent years, ensures that smaller states like Vermont are able to participate in the program, and it has brought nearly $100 million in grants to Vermont's first responders since 2002.

Leahy said in the release, “Our first responders are a community's lifeline in an emergency. We count on them being ready at a moment's notice, and they should be able to count on support like this for the resources they need to answer the call. This is an investment in Vermont's readiness.”



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11 mil could be better used on roads, bridges etc. There was a time when Vermonters (the public in general) were responsible for themselves and even a flood was dealt with locally. People were personally responsible instead of expecting the government to supply for them. It's just spiraling Nannyism (caps in respect to my Nanny!) and something Pat can claim as a victory. There wasn't enough $ allocated after 911? Every day that does by I sound more and more like my father. Too bad more people can't say that.
-- Posted by Jim Rice on Tue, Dec 8, 2009, 9:41 pm EST

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