9 Hospitals Get Quake Retrofitting Grants
Nine hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties have been awarded earthquake retrofitting grants totaling more than $5 million by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA officials said that all of the grants will pay for 75% of the bill for nonstructural measures--such as special bracing and installation of automatic gas shut-offs--designed to make the hospitals less vulnerable to earthquakes.
The recipients will provide matching funds to pick up the other 25% of expenses.
The largest grants were $1,256,637 to Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood and $1,772,217 to Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach.
Other retrofitting grants were $906,831 to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, $545,661 to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, $297,687 to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona, $167,589 to Daniel Freeman Hospital in Marina del Rey, $154,371 to Casa Colina Hospital for Rehabilitative Medicine in Pomona, $75,000 to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and $21,306 to San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel.
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