Crime & Safety
Springfield Police Receive $12K Subgrant for Rescue Boats
Subgrants are distributed by New Jersey Office of Emergency Management for preparedness initiatives.
Springfield Township Police will receive an Emergency Management Open Initiative (EMOI) subgrant for over $10,000, the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) announced on Monday.
The subgrants are distributed by NJOEM for preparedness initiatives. According to NJOEM, a total of $607,312 in subgrants was approved for 20 government, academic and private non-profit organizations on Monday.
“It’s important to recognize and support innovation in emergency preparedness efforts among the various sectors of New Jersey’s communities,” Colonel Rick Fuentes, State Police superintendent and director of NJOEM, said in a prepared statement. “These projects show great promise with regard to enhancing our State’s resilience against future disasters.”
Find out what's happening in Springfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The $12,300 in grant money set aside for Springfield Police is designated for the purchase of a rescue boat and equipment and an Achilles Inflatable Vehicle and related equipment, according to NJOEM.
NJOEM encouraged subgrant applicants to consider projects in the following areas: emergency planning, training, and exercising; hazard analyses; continuity of operations; access and functional needs planning; evacuation capabilities; resource management; shelter planning; improvement of incident response capability; alert and warning; communications and interoperability capability; or public education and awareness campaigns.Find out what's happening in Springfieldwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
