Mayor's directive
Accept $49,476 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Funds
Last activity May 21, 2026 (4 months ago)
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Introduced
May 5, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
The Mayor transmitted an order to accept and expend $49,476 from the Massachusetts Fire Services grant program. Funds would be used by the Fire Department to purchase PPE and safety gear meeting NFPA and OSHA standards to improve firefighter safety. The City Council referred the matter to Public Safety and Criminal Justice and later approved the order.
Affects Fire Department personnel and Firefighters
Now with the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice
About Public Safety and Budget & Finance
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Official title
Councilor Santana called Docket #0979, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($49,476.00) in the form of a grant, the FY26 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program, awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant would fund the purchase of the necessary personal protective and safety equipment to comply with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards to enhance firefighter safety, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
Timeline
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May 13, 2026
Referred to
City Council
Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
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May 20, 2026
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
City Council
On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Durkan), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).