Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) announced $65,360 in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant to a local fire department in the Tenth Congressional District.

The grant will go to the Denver Volunteer Fire Department in Lincoln County, and comes in the eighteenth round of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The program aims to help firefighters and first responders throughout the country. Local departments applied for the grants, and the program is administered by the Department’s Preparedness Directorate’s Office of Grants and Training.

“Eastern Lincoln County is one of the fastest-growing areas in the Tenth District, and I am pleased that Denver Volunteer Fire Department has received these funds to enable the department to continue meeting the needs of such a developing area,” said Congressman McHenry. “This grant will allow the department to purchase new equipment to protect personnel, and thereby improve their ability to save lives.”

Thus far, 32 fire departments in the Tenth District have received AFG grants for a total of $2,102,865. This year’s awards will continue to be announced in rounds for the next several weeks.