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Grand Rapids City Commission approves budget for 2024

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5/24/23 - Grand Rapids City Has New Budget

Grand Rapids City Commissioners vote to approve a new budget that will go into effect in July 2023.

GRFD expanding fire education and prevention

GRFD expanding fire education and prevention file photo and last updated 2021-02-03 21:06:20-05 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Fire Department is hoping to reduce fire breakouts by educating the community on fire prevention. We’re told they plan to do so by expanding the Residential Safety Program, hazmat inspection procedures and providing the public with information. Grand Rapids saw a notable increase in deaths relating to fires in 2020, according to the City of Grand Rapids, adding that nine people died across five fatal fires. “These fatalities were in different areas, affected different ages and had different causes,” says Fire Chief John Lehman, “but the one thing they all had in common is no working smoke alarms.”