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Statesboro Fire Dept. seeks grant to add 12 firefighters
50-person SFD logged 1,214 calls in 2020
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Firefighters cool the Statesboro Fire Department’s live-fire training facility during a recent exercise. The facility, built of metal shipping containers, was upgraded last year. Firefighters also go inside it for various scenarios.
The Statesboro Fire Department, currently funded by the city for 45 certified, paid firefighters, is applying for a more than $2 million SAFER grant that would cover the first three years’ expense of employing 12 more.
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