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Communities across Huron County are picking up funding for emergency and fire preparedness.
Over $610 thousand was announced through the province’s Emergency Preparedness Grant (CEPG), Fire Protection Grant, Mental Health Supports for Public Safety Personnel (MHS4PSP) Program, Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) Enhancement Grant, and 2026 Experience Ontario Program.
The funding includes:
MORRIS-TURNBERRY:
- $32,390 through the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant to purchase four Mobile Emergency Road Closed Trailers to support safe and efficient traffic control during emergencies including winter storms, flooding, tornadoes, fires, motor vehicle collisions, chemical spills, and other hazards.
CENTRAL HURON:
- $44,690 through the Community Emergency Preparedness Grant to upgrade radio communication equipment for first responders and improve emergency preparedness capabilities during severe weather events and other emergencies.
TOWN OF GODERICH:
- $48,711.36 to strengthen emergency preparedness through the purchase of a drone, portable digital signage, and a digital notification and alerting system to improve situational awareness and public communication during emergencies.
- $15,980 through the Fire Protection Grant to purchase and utilize an in-house bunker gear dryer for the Goderich Fire Department, helping ensure personal protective equipment for volunteer firefighters can be properly cleaned and dried.
- $19,996 for the Goderich Salt & Harvest Festival, while the Christmas in Bayfield Committee will receive $20,000 to support holiday celebrations and tourism initiatives in the community.
- $25,000 through the Mental Health Supports for Public Safety Personnel Program for fire services.
HOWICK TOWNSHIP:
- $16,800 through the Fire Protection Grant to support the purchase of a gear washer with an automatic soap dispenser, spare gloves and hoods, Tyvek suits, masks, wireless access points for station Wi-Fi, and overhaul and containment equipment for Lithium-Ion battery incidents.
HURON EAST:
- $52,821.07 through the Fire Protection Grant to purchase three battery-powered portable decontamination fans, six mini gas detectors, nine sets of turnout gear, six pails of firefighting foam for Lithium-Ion incidents, three Wi-Fi printers for the station, and support third party cleaning of turnout gear.
MUNICIPALITY OF BLUEWATER:
- $69,418.58 through the Fire Protection Grant to purchase an insulated decontamination trailer and cancer prevention personal protective equipment, including firefighting gloves and PFAS particulate blocking hoods.
HURON COUNTY:
- $25,000 through the Mental Health and Public Safety Supports for Public Safety Personnel Program for emergency health services.
- OPP will receive $240,000 over two years through the Mobile Crisis Response Team Enhancement Grant, in partnership with the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance and the Municipality of South Huron, to support their Collaboratively Enhancing Community Mental Health Initiative.