Glen Aubrey Fire Co.
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Glen Aubrey Fire Co. is trying to move to higher ground and has 500,000 dollars from FEMA to help.
Waymark Code: WMQBT1
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2016
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"Glen Aubrey volunteer firefighters voiced their frustrations Wednesday as they fight for funding to relocate their department out of the flood zone...Relocating the department to higher ground became urgent after the building was badly flooded during Tropical Storm Lee...Land has already been purchased for a new station. The property is a half mile from the department's current location.
Smith said the plans are very basic, and the project would cost $1.2 million at most."
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"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a half-million-dollar grant to help relocate the Glen Aubrey Fire Co. out of a floodplain.
The approval follows multiple delays since the company, which suffered damage in the 2011 flood, first sought federal funds. Sen. Charles E. Schumer has written to FEMA officials urging the funds’ approval, and announced their release in a statement Thursday."
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“After years of red tape, we were finally able to break through the bureaucracy and have FEMA approve the federal funding that Glen Aubrey desperately needed to relocate its vital fire department,” Schumer said. “The fire department will soon see its check in the mail so it can get this long-overdue project under way.”