{"id":30192,"date":"2026-06-26T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=30192"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:06:48","slug":"sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-strengthening-public-safety-in-lagrange","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-strengthening-public-safety-in-lagrange\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Rev. Warnock\u00a0Strengthening Public Safety in LaGrange\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LaGrange, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to&nbsp;strengthen public safety&nbsp;in&nbsp;LaGrange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together&nbsp;to improve emergency services&nbsp;in LaGrange&nbsp;by helping the fire department&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;Aerial&nbsp;ladder&nbsp;truck.&nbsp;According to local leaders,&nbsp;the LaGrange Fire Department&#8217;s truck has been in service for 28 years and&nbsp;is in need of&nbsp;replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering $1,150,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding legislation that became law on February 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSenator Reverand Warnock and I will never stop championing Georgia\u2019s heroic fire departments,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThese resources, which we secured with bipartisan support, will help&nbsp;firefighters in LaGrange&nbsp;respond to emergencies&nbsp;and keep the community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am proud to have worked alongside Senator Ossoff to support LaGrange firefighters and emergency services with the resources they need to keep our Georgia communities safe,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Senator Warnock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe City of LaGrange would like to thank Senator Ossoff, Senator Warnock, and their staff for their continued dedication to making Troup County and all of Georgia a better place to live and work. With funding provided through THUD FY26, the City of LaGrange Fire Department will&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a new Aerial Ladder Truck, which will help the department&nbsp;retain&nbsp;its ISO classification and keep insurance rates lower for businesses and residents.&nbsp;Most importantly, this purchase will help save lives during rescue emergencies, and it would not be possible without the support of Senator Ossoff, Senator Warnock, and their teams,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said&nbsp;LaGrange&nbsp;Mayor Jim Arrington.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaGrange, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend&nbsp;Raphael Warnock are delivering&nbsp;new resources&nbsp;to&nbsp;strengthen public safety&nbsp;in&nbsp;LaGrange. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock brought Republicans and Democrats together&nbsp;to improve emergency services&nbsp;in LaGrange&nbsp;by helping the fire department&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;Aerial&nbsp;ladder&nbsp;truck.&nbsp;According to local leaders,&nbsp;the LaGrange Fire Department&#8217;s truck has been in service for 28 years and&nbsp;is in need of&nbsp;replacement. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30192","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30193,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30192\/revisions\/30193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}