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 GCEM 2008 Annual Report Released

The 2008 Annual Report for Grant County Emergency Management discusses ongoing initiatives and recent accomplishments of our office. 

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Special Needs Registry

Grant County Emergency Management and the Grant County Center on Aging have teamed up to create the Grant County Special Needs Registry specifically for those individuals with critical health and medical conditions.  The registry is completely voluntary and has been established for those who may require special assistance during an emergency or disaster such as flooding, severe weather, or other emergencies affecting their community or neighborhood.


Click here for more information regarding the registry

Click here for an Application

 
March 2008:  Grant County Emergency Management 2008 Annual Report
GCEM published our 2008 annual report in March, detailing the ongoing initiatives and recent accomplishments of our office.  Click here to download a copy.

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2008-2009 FEMA ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT AWARDS

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:

 

Successful Assistance to Firefighters Grants in
2008-2009 Grant Year

Department

Award

Equipment Awarded

Bagley Fire Department

$38,003

Generator for Station; Turnout Gear

Bloomington Fire Department

$118,641

Mini-Pumper/Initial Attack Truck

Boscobel Fire Department

$17,582

Training and Multimedia Equipment

Bridgeport Fire Department

$134,520

20 SCBA Air Packs, 6000 PSI Compressor/Fill Station

Cuba City Fire Department

$49,614

Mobile and Portable Radios; Pagers

Lancaster EMS

$14,250

Training and Multimedia Equipment

Menominee-Dunlieth Fire Dept.

$77,092

SCBA Packs

Platteville Fire Department

$64,296

Turnout Gear

Stitzer Fire Department

$20,221

Firefighting Equipment (hose, nozzles, couplings, etc)

Grant County Firefighters Association / Lancaster Fire Dept.

$124,714

49 Mobile Radios for 11 Fire Departments in Grant County

Grant County Firefighters Association / Cuba City Fire Dept.

$193,073

Regional communications grant to build a microwave link between existing county radio towers.

 

 

 

2008-2009 TOTAL:

$852,006

 

 

Successful Assistance to Firefighters Grants in
2007-2008 Grant Year

Department

Award

Equipment Awarded

Bagley Fire Department

$25,403

8 Portable Radios, 3 Mobile Radios, and 1 Base Station

Bagley Fire Department

$129,691

Tanker

Bloomington Fire Department

$40,233

Breathing Air Compressor, Cascade, Rescue Air Bags

Blue River Fire Department

$29,304

Turnout Gear, Building Generator

Boscobel Fire Department

$36,765

Turnout Gear, Radios, Nozzels, Misc. Equipment

Cassville Fire Department

$63,722

Brush Truck

Cassville Fire Department

$32,901

Firefighting Equipment

Cuba City Fire Department

$44,655

Turnout Gear

Dickeyville EMS

$11,286

EMS Protective Extrication Wear

Dickeyville Fire Department

$55,072

Turnout Gear and Washer/Extractor

Glen Haven Fire Department

$152,000

Tanker

Hazel Green Fire Department

$34,783

Pagers, SCBA Facepieces, SCBA Air Cylinders, Jaws of Life Tools, Thermal Imaging Camera

Livingston-Clifton Fire Department

$19,095

Turnout Gear

Menominee-Dunleith Fire Dept.

$171,000

Tanker

Platteville EMS

$14,285

Mobile and Portable Radios

Stitzer Fire Department

$71,539

Air Packs, Turnout Gear, Washer/Extractor

Stitzer Fire Department

$121,149

Tanker

Grant County Firefighters Association / Cuba City Fire Dept.

$13,722

Personnel Accountability system for all fire and EMS departments in Grant County

Grant County Firefighters Association / Lancaster Fire Dept.

$126,000

Regional communications grant for 5 Interoperability Repeaters, 1 MARC Repeater, and 2 MABAS Base Station Radios in Dispatch.

 

 

 

2007-2008 TOTAL:

$1,192,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant County Emergency Management
1000 North Adams Street ▪ P.O. Box 506
Lancaster, WI  53813
Phone: (608) 723-7171   Fax: (608) 723-5159
24-Hour Dispatch: (608) 723-2157

 


 

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