McCloud Volunteer Fire Department

Rural Development is helping McCloud Volunteer Fire Department with $6,930 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase seven full sets of turnouts for firefighters. This protective clothing and gear will be replace some of the badly worn gear they are currently using. The department is leveraging this grant with $8,470 in funds.

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Cloverdale Fire Protection District

Rural Development is helping the Cloverdale Fire Protection District with a $89,081 Community Facilities grant. The district’s current fire station is an unreinforced masonry building that is not seismically safe, and a new fire station is under construction. However, the district does not have sufficient funds to pay for all the necessary equipment to properly outfit the new fire station.

This project will help purchase an air compressor for breathing apparatus equipment, 10 sets of turnouts for volunteer firefighters and storage racks for the new gear. Cloverdale Fire Protection District is leveraging this grant with $504,792 in other funds.

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City of Dos Palos – Police Department

Rural Development will help the City of Dos Palos with a $40,535 Community Facilities grant. This project will help purchase a variety of equipment for the City of Dos Palos Police Department including a K-9 police dog, two fuel efficient vehicles, digital patrol cameras, tasers, and updated computers and radios.

The new equipment and police dog will help enhance the police department’s first responder efficiency and allow them to better serve and protect the community. The department currently does not have the ability to communicate within the existing government, so new radios will help ensure better communication.

The city will leverage this grant with $33,165 of police department funds. Barry Mann, Chief of Police for the City of Dos Palos said the city has received bids for everything and he expects to make purchases by the end of July.

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Fresno County Fire Protection District – Huron Station

Rural Development will help the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $30,200 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Huron Station to replace the existing out of date equipment.

In addition to this grant, Fresno County Fire Protection District also received three other grants to purchase equipment for their Mendota, Parlier and Del Rey Stations.

Permalink  |  Posted: 07:38PM Jul 17, 2009 by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site  |  Add Your Comment Here [0]

Fresno County Fire Protection District – Del Rey Station

Rural Development will help the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $44,880 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Del Rey Station to replace the existing out of date equipment.

In addition to this grant, the Fresno County Fire Protection District received three other grants to purchase equipment for their Mendota, Huron and Parlier Stations.

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County of Madera Sheriff’s Department

Rural Development is helping the Madera County Sheriff's Department with two Community Facilities grants totaling $70,000. These projects will purchase recording and monitoring cameras for 12 patrol vehicles at the Oakhurt Station and ten patrol vehicles at the Parksdale Station.

The equipment will capture the officer’s view of the front windshield and provide independent corroboration of facts to support officer’s reports. The cameras will also ensure that officers are following procedures and the law. This new equipment will help reduce the crime in and around the Oakhurst and Parksdale areas.

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