ABSECON FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS FEDERAL DOLLARS

Congressman Frank LoBiondo announced a big grant to help an area fire department. LoBiondo said that the Absecon City Fire Company #1 would receive $16,000 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. The Fiscal Year 2014 program will award approximately $340 million in competitive grants to first responder organizations across the country to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training, and other resources required to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.