Lake Country staff will push for council to apply for a provincial grant worth up to $25,000, at Tuesday鈥檚 council meeting.
The Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, which is allocated to Volunteer and Composite fire departments to purchase new safety equipment, would pay for new fire hoses.
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鈥淩eceiving grants helps lessen the burden on taxpayers,鈥� said Steve Windsor, fire chief and director of Protective Services, 鈥減articularly for applications such as this one that will be used for equipment that would have required purchase anyway for replacement of fire [a] hose.鈥�
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If the motion is passed with the preferred option of applying for 100 per cent of the grant and accepted by the government, the Lake Country Fire Department plans to have an additional fire hose at each of their stations.
David.venn@kelownacapnews.com
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