Each of Rowan County’s (NC) 23 non-municipal fire districts and the Rowan County Rescue Squad will receive $50,000 for a total of $1.2 million, reports salisburypost.com.
The funds will come from the American Rescue Plan, and Rowan County will receive a total of $27 million in installments of $13.5 million this year and next, the report says.
Officials say non-municipal fire districts did not receive previous COVID-19 money that benefited municipal departments; the $1.2 million is aimed at helping them replace revenue lost by not being able to hold fundraisers during the pandemic.
There will be some restrictions on funding, officials say, but there hasn’t yet been any word as to what they are.
