Late last week, city officials announced the City of Niagara Falls (NY) Fire Department (NFFD) was awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant totaling $314,718, reports wnypapers.com.
The department will use the funds to purchase 36 new self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA), as well as a filling station for the devices. The department’s existing SCBA are 20 years old and scheduled to expire under existing safety standards this year.
The department’s air-filling station was more than 25 years old and recently broke, requiring crew members to take their tanks to a North Tonawanda fire station for filling.
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