WASHINGTON - Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) today encouraged local fire department representatives to learn more about the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program at a workshop at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at St. Mary's Center, 320 Mifflin Ave., Scranton.

Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, which administers the grant, will explain the competitive grant program application process and discuss how to write a grant narrative.

The workshop will last about two hours. For more information about this workshop, please call Kathy Carrera at 570-348-4151. For more information about the FIRE grant program, visit www.firegrantsupport.com or call Congressman Kanjorski's office at 570-825-2200.

The next application period for Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) grants will open in March 2007.