Fire departments across the North Olympic Peninsula have received thousands of dollars in federal grants for equipment.
The grants were awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The program is not the same as another federal grant program that provides training for firefighters in exchange for having them look for suspicious activity while firefighting, Port Angeles Fire Chief Dan McKeen said.
“There are no strings attached,” he said.
“This is purely an equipment grant and we don’t have to have any specialized training in it, or we don’t have to make any specialized commitments.”
