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County wins grant to buy medical disaster support trailer

By Lightning Reports, Published: June 19, 2024

Henderson County will get a Disaster Medical Support Trailer thanks to a $106,513 grant from the North Carolina Emergency Management, the agency announced. Transylvania County won a $121,040 grant for a Disaster Shelter Capacity Building Project.

The North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $1,925,578 to the NCEM's Capacity Building Competitive Grant Program with the purpose to provide funding for building local emergency management capabilities, closing preparedness, response, or recovery gaps and to assist local emergency management agencies across the state with building capacity to effectively respond to all-hazards. To be eligible for the grants, counties must have a population of 230,000 or fewer. 

“I would like to thank all of the applicants for taking the time to submit projects that will increase local capacity and ultimately build more resilient communities” NCEM Director Will Ray said. “North Carolina is fortunate to have such dedicated local emergency managers that always seek opportunities to build capacity to effectively respond and recover to any threat or hazard.”