U.S. Senator and Mansfield native Sherrod Brown has announced that more than $230,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been awarded to local Fire Departments in the Mansfield area. $165,239 will go to the Mifflin Township Fire Department, while $64,800 is headed to the Madison Township Fire Department for Operations and Safety through the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program.“Ohio firefighters and first-responders work every day to protect our families,” said Brown. “We must support our first-responder organizations so that communities like Mansfield have the resources to shield families and homes from fire hazards.”