Jonathan Litke, an AEMT with Gilmer Fire and Rescue, checks supplies in back of one of the department’s ambulances. A recent allocation of ARPA funding by East Ellijay will allow Gilmer Fire to put new equipment, including ventilators, on its ambulances.
The East Ellijay City Council has approved letting $40,000 of unused American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding go to the county fire and rescue department.
If not spent, the grant fun...

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