The Bush Administration isn’t doing enough to push for funding fo...
The Bush Administration isn’t doing enough to push for funding for first response, including communications interoperability, senior Senate Democrats said at the annual National Fire & Emergency Services Dinner Wed. Sen. Sarbanes (D-Md.) cited “tens and tens of billions…
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of dollars’ shortfall in the needs of America’s responders over the next 5 to 10 years.” Sen. Biden (D-Del.) said first responders “need several billion dollars and we need it quickly.” But he said members from both parties would “fight like hell” for more first response money. Vice President Cheney keynoted the dinner but didn’t mention communications. “As you meet your responsibilities, the federal government must do its part in providing the resources that our firefighters need,” Cheney said.