The Virginia Department of Emergency Management announced the awarding of more than $2.6 million in grant funding for the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program. The EMPG program is a federally funded, state distributed, grant program. The grant focuses on funding planning, operations, equipment acquisitions, trainings, exercises, and construction and renovation efforts at the local government level.
The EMPG program provides resources to assist local governments in preparing for all hazards. Through the grant program, the Federal government provides coordination, guidance, and assistance to support a comprehensive emergency preparedness system.
Grant funding for the program is available to cities, counties and those towns recognized as emergency management jurisdictions under Title 44 of the Code of Virginia.
Bland County received a $7,500 allocation, while Bristol, Virginia, netted the second-highest amount in the region at $15,500. Carroll County, Grayson County and the city of Galax all received $7,500 each.
Pulaski County received the most funds in the region at $16,904. The city of Radford received $7,500, the same amount as Smyth County. Washington County received $9,015, and Wythe County netted $13,017.
