GCEM 2007 Annual Report Released
 The 2007 Annual
Report for Grant County Emergency Management discusses ongoing
initiatives and recent accomplishments of our office.
Click here to download a
copy!
Click here to view Last
Year's 2006 annual report.
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March 26, 2008:
Fire Destroys Commercial Building in Bloomington |
 Bloomington
firefighters were summoned to a structure fire in a multi-story
commercial occupancy downtown Bloomington on March 25 at
approximately 12:30 PM. The fire occurred in a building along
highway 35, which necessitated re-routing traffic for several hours.
Firefighters from Patch Grove, Cassville, and Lancaster assisted in
battling the blaze and protecting neighboring buildings. There
were no injuries reported. The downtown area was evacuated for a
little over an hour due to heavy smoke. |
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March 15, 2008:
Southwest Wisconsin Regional Technical Rescue Team Recruitment |
 The
Southwest Wisconsin Regional Technical Rescue Team will be taking on
up to 50 new recruits from fire and EMS agencies throughout the
region. Interviews will take place in late March, and
Entry-level Rope Rescue Technician courses will be sponsored in
Richland Center and Lancaster in April and May. For more
detailed information,
click here
to visit the SWRTRT homepage. |
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March 13, 2008:
Grant County Emergency Management 2007 Annual Report |
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GCEM published
our 2007 annual report in March, detailing the ongoing initiatives
and recent accomplishments of our
office. Click here to download a copy.
Important Download Tip:
For some reason, many people have trouble downloading .pdf
files from our website. To get around this, click with your
right mouse button and select "save document as" to save it to your
computer before opening. We are working to resolve this issue
as quickly as possible. |
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2008 Severe Weather
Spotter Courses Scheduled for Southwest Wisconsin |
 Emergency Responders and the General Public are
invited to attend Severe Weather Spotter training. Those who
attend will have the opportunity to register as a volunteer storm
observer for the National Weather Service. There is not need
to preregister. Training locations and dates include:
Prairie du Chien: April 7th, 6:30
PM, Crawford Co Administration Building
Sinsinawa: April 16, 6:30 PM; Sinsinawa Mound Auditorium
Richland Center: April 21, 6:30PM; Richland Center Armory.
Addresses and additional information can be found on the
NWS-La Crosse
Spotter Page. |
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2007-2008
FEMA FIRE GRANTS TO DATE |
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Each year, our office
provides assistance to local fire and EMS departments with
developing grant applications. We are pleased to announce that
the following departments have been awarded grants through the
2007-2008 FEMA
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to date:
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Successful Assistance to Firefighters Grants in 2007-2008
Grant Year |
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Department |
Award |
Equipment Awarded |
Bagley Fire
Department
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$25,403 |
8 Portable Radios, 3 Mobile Radios, and 1 Base Station |
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Bagley Fire Department |
$129,691 |
Tanker |
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Bloomington Fire Department |
$40,233 |
Breathing Air Compressor, Cascade, Rescue Air Bags |
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Blue River Fire Department |
$29,304 |
Turnout Gear, Building Generator |
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Boscobel Fire Department |
$36,765 |
Turnout Gear, Radios, Nozzels, Misc. Equipment |
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Cassville Fire Department |
$63,722 |
Brush Truck |
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Cassville Fire Department |
$32,901 |
Firefighting Equipment |
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Cuba City Fire Department |
$44,655 |
Turnout Gear |
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Dickeyville EMS |
$11,286 |
EMS Protective Extrication Wear |
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Dickeyville Fire Department |
$55,072 |
Turnout Gear and Washer/Extractor |
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Glen Haven Fire Department |
$152,000 |
Tanker |
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Hazel Green Fire Department |
$34,783 |
Pagers, SCBA Facepieces, SCBA Air Cylinders, Jaws of
Life Tools, Thermal Imaging Camera |
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Livingston-Clifton Fire Department |
$19,095 |
Turnout Gear |
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Menominee-Dunleith Fire Dept. |
$171,000 |
Tanker |
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Platteville EMS |
$14,285 |
Mobile and Portable Radios |
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Grant County Firefighters Assn |
$13,722 |
Personnel Accountability system for all fire and EMS
departments in Grant County |
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Grant County Firefighters Assn |
$126,000 |
Regional communications grant for 5 Interoperability
Repeaters, 1 MARC Repeater, and 2 MABAS Base Station
Radios in Dispatch. |
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Stitzer Fire Department |
$71,539 |
Air Packs, Turnout Gear, Washer/Extractor |
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Stitzer Fire Department |
$121,149 |
Tanker |
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2007-2008 TOTAL: |
$1,192,605 |
(to date of printing—program is still ongoing) |
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