The Danville Fire Department is planning to apply for a pair of grants to prepare for the future. The Public Services committee approved both applications Tuesday. One of the grants is for 1.8 million dollars to hire more firefighters. The SAFER grant from the Department of Homeland Security would allow the hire of 6 more firefighters. It would be funded at 100 percent with no city match.
The other grant of 85 thousand dollars would be used to conduct a risk factor assessment. The grant would provide money to hire an agency to do a Risk Assessment and Analysis of the City of Danville to identify the threats faced by the community. The grant would be from Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Danville would have to pay a match of some 42 hundred dollars.
The committee also approved the purchase of several trucks for the Public works Department. The purchase would include two light duty trucks, a heavy-duty service truck, and a service utility van.
All actions now move to the full City Council next week.
