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Grant brings fire department 12 jobs, ladder companyHickory Daily Record
Hickory Daily Record,
July 4, 2009
"The $1.2 million SAFER grant is the largest grant that any agency in the 10th Congressional District has received since I have been the representative of the 10th District," McHenry said. "That says a lot about the city of Hickory and the fire department that worked diligently on the grant and obviously showed the need and importance of having a second ladder company in Hickory."
The Hickory Fire Department recently hired 12 new firefighters and is establishing a second ladder company. On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry brought the $1,212,224 check that made it all possible to Hickory's Earl G. Moser Fire Station. The money is from a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant awarded to the department in January. "The $1.2 million SAFER grant is the largest grant that any agency in the 10th Congressional District has received since I have been the representative of the 10th District," McHenry said. "That says a lot about the city of Hickory and the fire department that worked diligently on the grant and obviously showed the need and importance of having a second ladder company in Hickory." |