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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — State officials announced Tuesday a million-dollar grant to support a local fire department’s staffing and response efforts.
With the SAFER grant, Southington Fire will receive $1.2 million.
The grant program provides funding to local fire departments to increase the number of trained, frontline firefighters.
It’s a step in the right direction for the department, which currently takes an average of 10 minutes to arrives at the scene of a fire, officials said.
U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, announced Friday that almost $600,000 in federal money will go to fire departments in East Windsor, Glastonbury, and Hartford.
Larson said in a statement that money from the fiscal year 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be dispersed to the departments.