Regional agencies receive emergency-preparedness grants

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) has awarded about $6.5 million in federal funds for 100 projects to enhance emergency preparedness and security throughout the commonwealth, officials announced Jan. 13.

Fairfax County will receive $9,100 for training and/or equipment for its Citizen Corps program; $63,000 for advanced technical training for its hazardous-materials response team; $200,000 for its incidents-management team; $150,000 from the statewide strategic reserve for the county’s radio cache; and $75,000 for equipment for its technical-rescue team.

Other disbursements in Northern Virginia included: $35,121 to the city of Alexandria for its hazardous-materials team; $36,100 to help Arlington conduct community outreach for its Citizens Corps program; $7,500 to the city of Fairfax for equipment at its emergency-operations center and $12,000 for community emergency-preparedness training; $18,500 to the city of Manassas for its Citizen Corps program; $20,000 to the city of Manassas Park for radio equipment; and $339,000 to Virginia State Police in Northern Virginia to pay for two Fusion Center analysts.

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