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Baker County officials will use Interior Department funding to purchase water tanks for fire departments to place onto pickup truck beds
Newport Township Fire Department’s new Pierce Saber fire engine replaces a 1974 Mack telesquirt
The department has created a 10-member team who will respond to medical emergencies on specially equipped bicycles
Most of the money will be used to upgrade the county’s four existing relay tower sites by making them taller and sturdier
This is the second time the district has received the grant; it received a $1.4 million grant in 2006 to help it increase staffing
Officials are hoping a $1 million federal grant will pay for firefighters to work 24 hours a day to make up for lack of volunteers
A $26 state grant will pay for a regional purchase of EMS medical supplies, and other towns have joined forces to seek collective grants
The device will give CPR to patients; they also purchased portable video laryngoscopes through the safety grant
The mayor says 60 firefighters could be laid off and the department would be back to the smaller size of 153, down from the current 213
The firefighter that found the victim was hired thanks to SAFER grant money
It’s the last piece of the puzzle to stop the brownouts; the money will add 50 firefighters and pay their salaries for two years
Capt. Wade Ralph said the increased manpower will lead to “better response times and more trucks on duty at a given time” for the department
The department will be awarded $830,792 for recruitment and retention of firefighters
The county used grant money to purchase a new ambulance, freeing up a vehicle for the non-medical transport program
The county agreed to match $33K and the city will apply for a $267K grant
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The two new models will have expanded capabilities to meet current patient care requirements
The grant would help people with longer-term counseling needs, including police officers and other first responders
The $7K will offset the cost of mobile data terminals for four EMS vehicles
The company is donating $2,500 for each well it has in a fire department’s jurisdiction
The department will use the money to pay volunteers to work shifts
The $4,250 paved the way for an emergency responder class for firefighters and equipment upgrades
Three towns have created the state’s first inter-municipal paramedic ambulance service that will operate 24 hours, seven days a week
“It’s going to increase the level of safety for the firefighters that are on duty. We’re hopeful to get a third fire engine company place back in service,” said Fire Chief Jay Delaney
They were able to utilize grant funds to send volunteers to a driver/operator course to become trained to specifically operate water tenders freeing up line firefighters to fight fires
The addition of 14 new firefighters per shift, along with maintaining the current overtime budget, would allow the fire department to reduce the current number of brownouts
The rescue tools will improve local firefighters’ ability to perform patient extrication
The nine-member council is likely to favor the mayor seeking a $810,000 grant to help offset the cost of the new ladder truck
“We will look high and low, near and far, to try to keep these guys as long as we can,” Mayor Jim Ireton said
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