After union nod, Scott grants $10M in pandemic aid to Baltimore Fire Department

After taking heat for declining to send any of Baltimore’s windfall in federal pandemic aid to the city’s strapped fire department, Mayor Brandon Scott on Wednesday announced that he was setting $10 million aside for the agency. The funding, which comes out of Baltimore’s $641 million pool of American Rescue Plan Act funding, will go towards a variety of facility improvements, roof repairs and emergency-aid equipment, Scott and his Fire Chief James Wallace said at a news conference.