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Providence Housing Authority Receives Over $300,000 from FEMA for the Purchase of Pioneering's Safe-T-element(r) Cooking Technology
Providence Housing Authority Receives Over $300,000 from FEMA for the Purchase of Pioneering...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Providence Housing Authority Receives Over $300,000 from FEMA for the\n Purchase of Pioneering's Safe-T-element(r) Cooking TechnologyProvidence Housing Authority Receives Over $300,000 from FEMA for the\n Purchase of Pioneering's Safe-T-element(r) Cooking Technology\nProvidence's first high rise Safe-T-element installation in 2009 reduced that building's stove top cooking fire problem from approximately 72 stovetop cooking fires annually to zero.\nMississauga, Ontario CANADA, August 21, 2013 /FSC/ - Pioneering Technology Corp. (PTE - TSX Venture, PTEFF - OTC),(\"Pioneering\"), an energy smart product innovation/consumer goods company and North America's leader in cooking fire prevention technologies, announced today that Rhode Island's Providence Housing Authority (PHA) has been awarded a federal fire safety grant for the purchase and installation of Pioneering Technology's Safe-T-element cooking technology.  These competitive grant programs are administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). \nThe following is an excerpt from Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed's website: \nIn an effort to prevent household fires and help local fire departments the Providence Housing Authority received a $301,514 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant, an initiative of FEMA's AFG program, for fire prevention efforts.  FP&S funds are designed to reach high-risk target groups and mitigate incidences of deaths and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards.  The Providence Housing Authority will use the funding to install the Safe T Element device, which helps prevent stovetop cooking fires before they start, in 721 housing units at Hartford Park Tower; Dexter Manor; Dominica Manor; and Kilmartin Plaza.  According to the U.S.F.A., stovetops are the leading cause of reported home fires and home fire injuries in the United States.\n\"This is a smart investment in fire prevention and public safety.  These federal awards will help protect families and ensure our firefighters have the equipment they need to stay safe and save lives.  I salute the fire safety officials who worked hard to win these competitive grants and will continue working at the federal level to support ou...