Firefighters get grant for roof prop

Thanks to a federal grant, Costa Mesa firefighters will expand their training on how to cut through roofs to ventilate heat during a fire.

The $9,282 Federal Emergency Management Agency and United States Fire Administration grant will allow firefighters to enhance the prop they use to simulate cutting through roofs on homes or businesses in emergencies.

Firefighters throughout the city can use the improved prop, which will be at Fire Station No. 4, 2300 Placentia Ave. The grant comes thanks to the 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, a national program where fire departments apply for limited funds.

For more information on the program or the grant, call grant administrator Lynda Jenkins at (714) 754-5062.

— Joseph Serna