Fire departments get $1.133M for life-saving equipment

Six Long Island fire departments are getting new equipment thanks to a federal grant program.

The departments will share $1.133 million from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program funding administered by the Department of Homeland Security.

The program awarded $75,000 for self-contained breathing apparatus system and fill washer for the Bellerose Terrace Fire Department; $76,250 for building alarms for the East Williston Fire Department; $202,000 for new radios for the Garden City Park Fire Department; $169,000 for new radios for the Lawrence/Cedarhurst Fire Department; $201,000 for new radios for the Valley Stream Fire Department; and $410,000 for self-contained breathing apparatus system and other PPE for the East Williston and Williston Park Fire Departments.