Leardi announces $52k in Fire Protection Grant for Amherstburg
- Ron Giofu
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Amherstburg has received $52,000 in a provincial Fire Prevention Grant with a formal announcement coming Monday night.
Essex MPP Anthony Leardi announced the grant in the council chambers, just prior to Monday night’s town council meeting. Flanked by Amherstburg fire chief Michael Mio, Leardi said the grant will help protect firefighters from hazards they face while fighting blazes.
Leardi said there are often chemicals that are emitted into the air during a fire and that the grant is helping fire departments and municipalities protect their firefighters.
Mio said the money will be used on new equipment, including particulate blocking hoods and new bunker gear for firefighters. Upgrades to laundry facilities will also be purchased with the grant funding and firefighters will also have other ways to become clean and free of toxic chemicals when they come back from fighting a fire.
“They will go in dirty and come out clean,” said Mio, adding the threat of firefighters bringing home chemicals to their families is diminished.
Prue said the Town of Amherstburg is very appreciative of the funding. He said Amherstburg received the grant but not all municipalities in Ontario will be able to say the same, giving credit to Mio and his department for writing a successful grant application.
“We will spend it wisely,” Prue said of the $52,000 grant.
The announcement is one of five Leardi is making around the riding this week. The announcement in Amherstburg was the first with Leardi making a similar one in Kingsville Tuesday. A third Fire Protection Grant announcement is scheduled for today (Wednesday) at noon in Lakeshore and a fourth in Essex later today. Leardi is planning to cap the week with his fifth announcement Friday afternoon in LaSalle.
Leardi announces $52k in Fire Protection Grant for Amherstburg
By Ron Giofu