$5 million in ARPA money given to Missouri law enforcement, fire departments, EMS
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri Department of Public Safety approved 70 grants that totaled $5 million to first-responder agencies, a Wednesday press release from Gov. Mike Parson’s office stated.
According to the release, law enforcement, fire service and EMS providers in “class three” counties applied for funds, which came from American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Grant funded equipment includes patrol vehicles, mobile data terminals, body cameras, firefighter turnout gear, extrication equipment, ambulances, cardiac monitors, pediatric resuscitation devices and emergency communications radios, the release states.
“Across our state, Missouri first responders bravely respond to emergencies, including floods, droughts, train derailments, traffic accidents, and beyond. In times of crisis, we call on them, and we could not be more proud,”Parson said in the release. “These grants will provide vitally important equipment to help law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel do their jobs more effectively and make our Missouri communities safer.”
A number of Mid-Missouri entities received money. Here is a list, as it appears on the grant-recipient list:
- Boonville, City of -- $115,250.00
- Cole Camp, Rural Fire Protection District -- $187,500.00
- Dixon, Ambulance District -- $98,311.90
- Hermann Area, Ambulance District -- $110,000.00
- Jamestown, Rural Fire Protection District -- $94,573.86
- Macon, Fire Department, City of – $57,870.38
- Macon, Police Department -- $67,103.50
- Miller County, Sheriff's Office -- $43,586.64
- Moniteau County, Sheriff's Office -- $84,680.45
- Monroe City, Ambulance District -- $6,599.92
- Osage County, Sheriff's Office -- $4,993.14
- Osage, Ambulance District -- $76,279.26
- Rolla, Fire and Rescue, City of -- $27,909.05
- Salisbury, Fire Department -- $22,525.00
- Ste. Genevieve, Fire Department -- $60,397.50
A spokesperson for the City of Boonville wrote in an email that the city would use its funds to “purchase new SCBA units for the fire fighters.”
Moniteau County Sheriff Tony Wheatley told ABC 17 News in an email that the funds would be a great help for his office.
“We applied for funds on the grant for equipment to supplement our capabilities in natural disasters, lost or missing persons, fugitive hunts, etc. We requested and were awarded funds to purchase a pickup, a UTV and a trailer to haul the UTV. We are a smaller county with limited resources and this grant will help us out tremendously,” Wheatley wrote.
Chief Deputy Michael Rayhart said in an email that the Miller County Sheriff’s Office will “upfit” some of its vehicles and update other equipment, such as laptops and police radios.
View a full list of the recipients below:
