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NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: February 20, 2009
John McGlone, 606-326-2400; john.mcglone@kctcs.edu
Ashland Community and Technical College, State Fire Rescue Training and the Kentucky Fire Commission are sponsoring a USFA / FEMA workshop for their Assistance to Firefighters Grant Workshop.
Ashland, KY-Ashland Community and Technical College, State Fire Rescue Training and the Kentucky Fire Commission are sponsoring a U. S. Fire Administration (USFA) / Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) workshop for their Assistance to Firefighters Grant Workshop. The workshop, open to community members and fire department representatives from throughout the tri-state, will be held on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at the ACTC Roberts Drive Campus, located at 4818 Roberts Drive in Ashland.
Representatives of the USFA and FEMA will be on hand to discuss the purpose of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, and how to successfully complete the grant application process.
The purpose of the grant is to award one-year grants directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services (EMS) organizations of a State to enhance their abilities with respect to fire and fire-related hazards. The primary goal is to provide assistance to meet fire departments' and nonaffiliated EMS organizations' firefighting and emergency response needs. This program seeks to support organizations that lack the tools and resources necessary to protect the health and safety of the public and their emergency response personnel with respect to fire and all other hazards they may face.
For more information about this program, contact the northeast Kentucky Fire / Rescue Training Coordinator, Mark Hammond at
mark.hamond@kctcs.edu or by phone 606-326-2431.
For most Kentuckians, higher education begins at KCTCS. Our statewide system of 16 colleges and 65 campuses provides citizens throughout the Commonwealth with a quality education that is both accessible and affordable.