DHS Awards $63 Million in Emergency Preparedness Grants
Retrieved from http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=45733 on September 11, 2008.
Release Date: September 11, 2008
Release Number: HQ-08-198
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today approximately $63 million in grant awards to improve emergency management and preparedness capabilities under the new Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) Grant Program and the new Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP).
More than $14.5 million in fiscal year (FY) 2008 EOC grant awards will help address identified deficiencies and needs in order to support flexible, sustainable, secure and interoperable EOCs. Fully capable emergency operations facilities at the state, local and tribal levels are essential to a comprehensive national emergency management system, ensuring continuity of both operations and government in major disasters, whether natural or man-made.
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