More than $42K grant from Homeland Security to go to Allingtown Fire Department

According to Christopher Dodd's web site in a posting dated August 18, 2006, Dodd and Lieberman annouce that the Allingtown Fire Department will receive a grant of $42,123 for new equipment and safety and training programs. The grant is awarded from the Department of Homeland Security as part of the Assistance for Fire Fighters Grant Program, administered by the U.S. Fire Administration.

For some reason, this hasn't made any headway in the news; but it is on Dodd's website as part of a release dated August 18, 2006. One wonders if attaching Joe Lieberman's name to it has caused a backlash due to currently politically rallying of the Democrats against Lieberman.

Allingtown has benefited through the past years:

In 2005, Dodd and Lieberman secured more than $500,000 for Connecticut Firefighters, including:

• West Haven Fire Department: $168.102
• Allingtown Volunteer Fire Association (West Haven): $76,788

In 2004, Rosa DeLauro announced a grant of $450,000 for the Allingtown Fire Department.