Kansas first responders get $6.2 million for equipment upgrades

7 October 2023

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Police officers, fire departments, emergency services and 911 communications in Kansas will soon be getting equipment upgrades.

The funds come from the Strengthening People Revitalizing Kansas program funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

The Law Enforcement Safety and Security grant is to improve the accessibility and efficiency of emergency services to Kansans.

The funding will go towards equipment upgrades, communication systems and is replacing unsafe or damaged wildland firefighting equipment.

Here are the Kansas agencies receiving the funding:

LSSE Grant AwardsCountyOrganization NameGrant AwardAndersonGarnett Police Department$85,139AtchisonAtchison Fire Department$9,360BrownHiawatha Police Department$55,001ButlerAndover Fire and Rescue$31,050ButlerWhitewater River Consolidated Fire District$58,950ChaseChase County Fire Department$28,800CherokeeBaxter Springs Police Department$90,000CherokeeCherokee County Sheriff’s Office$163,345CowleyBurden Police Department$29,700CowleyCowley County Fire District 3$42,664CowleyCowley County Fire District 4$40,500CowleyWinfield Fire/ Emergency Medical Services$89,100DouglasConsolidated Fire District 1$53,505DouglasLawrence Douglas County Fire Medical$119,430EllisEllis County$100,000EllisVictoria Volunteer Fire Department$22,675EllsworthWilson Fire Department$19,750GearyGrandview Plaza Fire Department$17,988GrayGray County Sheriff’s Office$72,000HarveyCity of North Newton$30,044JacksonJackson County Sheriff’s Office$309,044JacksonNetawaka Rural Fire District 6$63,450JeffersonCity of Valley Falls$26,550JeffersonJefferson County Ambulance Service$75,432JeffersonJefferson County Fire District 5$51,975JewellJewell County Sheriff’s Office$61,345KiowaKiowa County$76,400LabetteLabette County$212,500LabetteOswego Fire Department$42,876LeavenworthFairmount Township Fire Department$43,177LeavenworthTonganoxie Police Department$29,808LeavenworthTonganoxie Fire Department$29,808LincolnLincoln County Sheriff’s Office$86,507LyonLyon County Fire District 5$14,713LyonOlpe Fire District 1$14,558MarionMarion County Sheriff’s Office$108,000MarshallMarysville Police Department$62,640MiamiMiami County$24,504MitchellHunter Rural Fire District$23,400MontgomeryCoffeyville Police Department$72,530MontgomeryIndependence Fire/ Emergency Medical Services$43,599MorrisCouncil Grove Fire Department$18,083NemahaNemaha County Sheriff’s Office$350,000NessNess County$21,567NessNess County Sheriff’s Office$36,000OttawaCity of Minneapolis$87,273PawneeLarned 911 Communications$46,824PawneePawnee County Sheriff’s Office$72,000PottawatomiePottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office$103,025PottawatomieWestmoreland Fire Department$134,550RenoCity of Pretty Prairie$40,415RenoHutchinson Community College Fire Science$18,810RenoHutchinson Fire Department$52,110RenoSouth Hutchinson Fire Department$59,362RileyRiley County Fire District 1$15,660RussellLucas Rural Fire District 2$28,788RussellRussell Fire Department$27,000SalineSaline County Rural Fire District 1$22,194ScottScott City Police Department$72,450ScottScott County Emergency Medical Services$134,098SedgwickCity of Andale$30,150SedgwickClearwater Police Department$52,095SedgwickSedgwick County$1,625,110SedgwickWichita Fire Department$98,484ShawneeShawnee Heights Fire Department$24,800SheridanSheridan County Rural Fire Department 1$90,000StaffordStafford County$37,620StantonStanton County Sheriff’s Office/Emergency Medical Services$121,950SumnerMulvane Department of Public Safety$80,474SumnerWellington Fire/EMS$17,640ThomasColby Fire Department$26,347ThomasThomas County Emergency Medical Services$31,603 TOTAL$6,208,299

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