WASHINGTON – The New Hampton
Fire District will use a more than $52,000 grant from the Department of
Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters program to purchase
a new compressor system to fill Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus air
packs for firefighters.
There are some 30 volunteers who are active in the department.
Terence Reynolds, assistant chief of the fire district, said the grant will “take a huge burden off of the taxpayer.” He said the grant will help keep fire protection taxes as low as possible “while continuing to train with modern, up-to-date equipment and allowing us to provide the best fire protection we can to the citizens and businesses” of the district.
The grant was announced by Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.
