Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office gets $201K FEMA grantSubscriber Exclusive

Money is for Project Home Safe, aimed at reducing house fires

By Carlos Fuentes, Columbian staff writer

Published: April 17, 2023, 6:05am

Paula Person, from left, Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, and Cale Baker prepare to go door to door to hand out education materials as a part of Project Safe Home in 2019. (The Columbian files)

A federal agency is giving the Vancouver Fire Marshal’s Office a $201,000 grant for fire prevention and safety.

The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will support Vancouver’s Project Home Safe campaign, which offers public educational programming to reduce the frequency and severity of house fires.

“Project Home Safe unites zero fire ignition strategies that focus on stopping a fire before it happens with reactionary fire safety education like fire escape planning, free home safety surveys and smoke alarm installation,” Vancouver Fire Marshal Heidi Scarpelli said in a press release.

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