Updated: Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Awarded $1.2 Million Grant
Funds will purchase 40 automated external defibrillators, rescue equipment used for resuscitation
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service will receive a $1.2 million federal grant to buy external defibrillators, devices used to revive people. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin, and U.S. Congressman Chris Van Hollen, announced last week. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman Beth Anne Nesselt told Patch that the one-time grant would replace the 40 monitors in the county's current inventory—old monitors she said were at the end of thier operational lifespans. Mikulski (D-Md) is the chairwoman of the senate appropriations committee. Cardin (D-Md) is a member of the finance committee. Van Hollen, …
