Henrico earns federal emergency preparedness funding
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Henrico County recently earned five grants totaling $237,000 from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management as part of VDEM's allocation of more than $7 million in federal funds.
The funds are designed to enhance emergency preparedness and security throughout the state and will support a wide array of efforts, including security operations, equipment replacement, training, planning and exercise programs by local governments.
“Virginia’s emergency management personnel and first responders work tirelessly to protect their fellow Virginians and ensure public safety,” said Governor Ralph Northam. “These grants are funding a diverse group of projects in communities across Virginia, further enhancing our resiliency and improving the Commonwealth’s ability to prepare for and respond to all hazards.”
The state awarded $2.2 miillion in competitive grants, from among more than $8 million in requests statewide. Henrico earned four competitive grants:
• $25,000 for continuity of operations planning development and exercise project;
• $40,000 for a commodity flow study and emergency operations plan appendix update project;
• $60,000 for a courthouse full-scale exercise;
• $50,000 for a Central Virginia Emergency Management Alliance Regional Recovery Framework project.
The county also earned a $62,000 non-competitive grant for a state hazardous materials team.
“Virginia has elected to use an inclusive and detailed grant review process, incorporating stakeholder expertise to understand the security needs across the Commonwealth to allow us to use our limited grant funds to support the most critical needs facing our first responders,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran.
In total, VDEM awarded $2.5 million in non-competitive grants from this year’s State Homeland Security Program to fund 30 projects, including 12 hazardous materials teams, seven technical rescue teams, four incident management teams, four Virginia radio communications caches and the Virginia Fusion Center.
