Congressman Jack Kingston - First District of Georgia

Congressman Jack Kingston announces that the Georgia Ports Authority has been awarded funding for new equipment from the Department of Homeland Security. The Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) will provide the funding to strengthen the area’s overall level of preparedness.

“More than $8,000 will go to the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah for new equipment,” Congressman Kingston said. “The program is designed to help smaller communities with technology and equipment so that first-responders will have what they need to do their jobs.”

The GPA will receive $8,499 for a Detection/Deterrence Search and Surveillance System.

CEDAP provides resources such as communications interoperability equipment, information sharing technology, chemical detection devices, sensors, personal protective equipment, and rescue tools and training in how to use the equipment, devices, and technology. Each year it helps provide personal protective equipment, thermal imaging, night vision, and video surveillance tools to law enforcement and fire departments across the country.

To qualify, departments must demonstrate the equipment will be used to improve their capability and capacity to respond to a major critical incident or to work with other first responders.