Georgia Emergency Management Agency representative Bill Blackwell presented two checks totalling $53,253.50 to Fayette County officials Tuesday.

The payments represent the state agency's grant to Fayette for two hazard mitigation projects, the purchase of an early warning siren and the relocation of fire station one out of potentially dangerous flood plain on Ga. Highway 92 north.

County commissioners Greg Dunn and Harold Bost were on hand to receive the payments along with Jack Krakeel, director of fire and emergency services, and deputy director Pete Nelms.

The county has undertaken a long-term project to place warning sirens around the county for weather related emergencies.