FEMA provides $3.4 million in grants for Port of LB's security

[aesop_image imgwidth=”500px” img=”http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Port-security.jpg” credit=”Courtesy Port of LB” align=”center” lightbox=”on” caption=”Recently granted FEMA funding is expected to enhance port security systems, such as physical-security equipment and monitoring and detection systems, including the Virtual Port System, a customized-mapping technology.” captionposition=”center”] The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded the Port of Long Beach’s Security Division $3.4 million in grants to fund ongoing projects to protect the port.
The grants will enhance port security systems, such as physical-security equipment and monitoring and detection systems, including the Virtual Port System, a customized-mapping technology.
“Protecting workers and the community, as well as ensuring business continuity, are top priorities at the Port of Long Beach,” said Lori Ann Guzman, president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. “FEMA’s grant money will help us carry out important security projects and enhance our abilities to work with our security partners at the port.”
FEMA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, offers the grants for port-security initiatives, and recipients like the Port of Long Beach must provide at least 25 percent of the cost of the project.
The trade that flows through the Port of Long Beach sustains about 1.4 million jobs across the United States, and to safeguard that resource, security operations at the port have been greatly enhanced by $136 million in grants received since Sept. 11, 2001, according to the Port of Long Beach.