Schock Announces Assistance to Firefighters Grants to both Chillicothe Fire Department and Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District. The Chillicothe Fire Department will be receiving an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) with an award of $78,660 to purchase new bunker gear. The Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District is being awarded $133,000 to purchase a cascade air system and two exhaust systems for their fire stations.

The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other responders to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is an important component of the larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the Nation’s overall level of preparedness and ability to respond to fire and related hazards.