The Chatham Fire Protection District is getting over 235 thousand dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The grant is aimed at increasing the number of frontline firefighters.
Senator Dick Durbin says the funding is provided through the 2011 Department of Homeland Security’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response program.
Altogether the program will award around 300 million dollars directly to fire departments and volunteer support groups to expand the number of available firefighters.
