The City of Kingsport has announced that they will be receiving a a competitive grant from the US Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency. The grant is designed to fund a special program of fire safety. At an afternoon press conference Department spokesperson Barry Brickey explained what's going on with the project. Thirty nine Thousand dollars will be coming from the 44 thousand dollar twin scan smoke detector plan.The grant is administered with cooperation with the United States fire administration. The primary goal of the assistance to firefighters Grant to meet firefighting emergency response needs departments and non affiliated medical emergency service organizations.(CS)