Dec. 11 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden will visit the Philadelphia Fire Department on Monday to announce $22.4 million in federal funds to boost firefighter salaries and benefits, while facilitating the reopening of three shuttered fire stations in the region.
As part of the grant, Biden will announce the return of firefighting services to Engine 6 in Fishtown, Ladder 1 in Fairmount, and Ladder 11 in South Philadelphia, which all have been shut down for more than a decade.
Biden will arrive and deliver remarks beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST.
The president will be joined by Gov. Josh Shapiro, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, and Fire Commissioner Adam K. Thiel. International Fire Fighters President Ed Kelly, and U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell, are also expected to attend.
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