U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joe Manchin (D), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on Friday, October 7, that West Virginia fire departments will be receiving $8,121,688 through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.

“Our firefighters are on the front lines each and every day in West Virginia, and they courageously provide services that we rely on to keep our communities…