The City of Hinesville was recently awarded a $20,000 Safety and Liability Grant from the Georgia Municipal Association. Mayor Allen Brown and Assistant City Manager Kenneth Howard accepted the check on behalf of the City of Hinesville.
 
“This grant allows each city to stretch their budget dollars and provide a safer work environment for their employees,” said Eileen Thomas, Marketing and Field Manager for GMA.
 
The grant is for the purchase of a portable power source and a gas detector for the Hinesville Fire Department, as well as a police camera video storage system, body cameras and traffic cones for the Hinesville Police Department.
 
The GMA Safety and Liability Management Grant program was introduced in 2000 to provide a financial incentive to assist members in improving their employee safety and general public liability loss control efforts through training and the purchase of equipment or services. Since the inception of the program, Hinesville is one of more than 130 cities have received grant money. Over 500 grants have been approved, totaling nearly $1.5 million to fund items such as bulletproof vests, training videos, confined space entry equipment, reflective safety vests, fire department turnout gear and police department in-vehicle video systems. These grant funds have helped leverage the purchase of over $2.6 million in this type of equipment and training.
 
The Safety and Liability Grant program is made available to members of GMA’s property and liability insurance program (the Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency) and GMA’s workers’ compensation insurance program (GMA’s Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund).