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Penn Yan, Middlesex, and Montour Falls Fire Departments Awarded Funding

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We’ve learned some additional details on the $25 million being awarded by the state to almost 90 volunteer fire departments. The funding comes from the state’s Volunteer Fire Infrastructure and Response Equipment Grant program and will be used to improve the department’s facilities and response capabilities.

The Penn Yan Fire Department and the Montour Falls Fire Department will receive $850,000 and $628,000, respectively, for facility upgrades. The Middlesex Fire Department is getting $287,000 for equipment upgrades. Yates County as a whole will receive $839,000 for departments to use toward facility upgrades

According to the State, this program will assist in ensuring that fire stations and fire training facilities within New York State are safe, structurally sound, meet current building codes and regulations, and support or promote effective and safe firefighting practices.

Allowable costs include the construction of new, or renovation of existing fire stations, classrooms, meeting spaces, or training centers as well as the installation of exhaust and decontamination systems, or the purchase of equipment such as firefighter Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), PPE washers and dryers and firefighter rehabilitation equipment.

Applications from volunteer fire departments were evaluated and scored competitively by a team of civil servants at the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services using a multi-tiered listing of criteria. The scoring process not only evaluated the timeliness and completeness of applications but also a number of other factors including the department’s annual operating budget. Those with smaller annual operating budgets were given priority.

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