Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith will present $5.1 million to the county?s 35 volunteer fire companies today at the Boring Volunteer Fire Company in Northwest Baltimore county.
The money is part of a county aid package that includes grants to fire companies and money for insurance expenses, utilities and fuel. Also included are $1.5 million worth of incentives for companies to provide medical services during peak demand hours.
The county has 35 volunteer fire companies.
“It would cost taxpayers millions of dollars to pay for the services that the volunteers provide free of charge,” Smith said in a statement released Friday.
The $5.1 million is a slight increase from last year, and includes operating grants of $49,000 for individual companies and $24,500 for coffee wagons.
