Franklincountynow.com Staff Report
Greenfield Mayor Roxann Wedegartner, fire chief Robert Strahan and fire chiefs from Erving, Turners Falls, Deerfield and South Deerfield will be joined by Congressman Jim McGovern in Greenfield today. McGovern will announce a Federal Emergency Management Agency “Assistance to Firefighters” grant totaling $630,000. The funding will be used to purchase state-of-the-art self-contained breathing equipment for firefighters. A small event will take place at 2:30 this afternoon at the Greenfield fire station.