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Nearly $1 Million Grant Going to Pay for Local Emergency Radios

Six local fire departments along with Fayette County EMS will get new radios thanks to a grant totalling nearly $950,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department led the effort to secure the grant funds. Schulenburg Fire Chief Jeff Proske said federal regulations require all first responder agencies to convert to the P-25 system of radio…

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