Orange Fire Department gets state hazmat grants
The Orange Fire Department has been awarded $15,190 in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. STAFF FILE PHOTO
Published: 1/15/2021 3:39:17 PM
ORANGE Fire Chief James Young recently announced his department has been awarded $15,190 in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).
One $12,490 reimbursement-based grant, with no matching obligation from the town, will allow the department to get new multi-gas detection meters with a testing/calibration station for those meters, as well as about a year’s supply of alkaline batteries for various types of equipment, primarily in firefighters’ breathing apparatuses.