Funding under this award to new york homeland security and emergency services is critical to ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by training emergency responders to respond to…

This $202,958 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) through the Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG) program will fund training for emergency responders in New York to safely respond to pipeline incidents through September 2024. Administered by the New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, the funding is critical to ensuring emergency responders can protect persons, property, and the environment from the effects of pipeline accidents involving hazardous materials. Specific training projects will be identified based on needs assessments, and PHMSA will measure performance against the training needs outlined in the grant application. The sub-awardee, the State of New York, will support delivery of the responder training services through the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Funding under this award to new york homeland security and emergency services is critical to ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by training emergency responders to respond to pipeline incidents, to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of pipeline accidents or incidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials. Applicants identify specific training projects based on needs, and phmsa measures performance based on fulfillment of the training needs outlined in the statement of need.