Warren Fire Dept. gets federal funds to purchase equipment

WARREN — The Warren Fire Department has received a $214,020 federal grant that will allow it to purchase 36 state-of-the-art air tanks and a system to remove exhaust fumes from each of the department’s three fire stations.

Fire Chief Ken Nussle said the largest share of the money coming from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland security will go toward the breathing devices — about $168,000.

The devices contain a safety feature that sends an alert to a central location if one of the breathing devices is motionless for 20 seconds, indicating that a firefighter might have become incapacitated.

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