WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congressman Bruce Poliquin, today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will award the Hampden Fire Department $44,888 as part of the Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program.

“We are pleased that the hardworking members of the Hampden Fire Department are receiving this AFG grant,” said Senators Collins and King, and Congressman Poliquin. “This grant will help give the Hampden Fire Department the resources they need to purchase new equipment as they continue to protect their community.”

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant was created to help provide funds for fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service organizations so that they can purchase equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources to better protect the public and emergency personnel. FEMA is an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 

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