LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The City of Lincoln on Thursday announced it was awarded a federal grant to help pay for nine additional firefighters.

The three-year, $2.3 million Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant is provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“This new SAFER award is an important step in making Lincoln an even safer community,” Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird said in a press release. “By adding nine firefighters to our team at LFR, we fortify our commitment to public safety and enhance our efforts to ensure the well-being of our entire community.”

SAFER grants provide funding to fire departments to help them increase or maintain the number of trained firefighters available in their communities.

The grant covers a portion of salaries and benefi

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