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The Ypsilanti Fire Department was awarded a $100,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant, provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, for a sprinkler system as well as an exhaust removal system for the station’s garage.
Money to provide sprinkler system, exhaust removal system
Nov. 24, 2008 · 8:29 p.m.
Improvements to Ypsilanti’s fire station are soon on the way due to an Assistance to Firefighters Grant, provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The grant, totaling $100,000, will provide for a sprinkler system for the station’s living area as well as an exhaust removal system for the station’s garage.
“When we leave the bay, we leave all the exhaust,” said Captain Michelle Stanbury of the Ypsilanti Fire Department.
Stanbury said the station’s living quarters are attached to the garage. When trucks go out on a call, exhaust builds up not only in the garage, but also in the living quarters.
“It’s definitely a safety concern,” Stanbury added.
Ypsilanti Fire Chief Jon Ichesco said the improvements make the station “the safest building in the city.”
“It will now be much more than a fire station, we will have the ability to make it into a command center,” Ichesco said. “When the work is done, we will have a building that can serve the community in even the worst of situations.”
According to a press release from Congressman John Dingell, the Department of Homeland Security designed the grants to assist first responders. Fire departments are authorized to use the grants for health and safety modifications, training, new vehicles and other improvements.
Dingell, who said he met with Ichesco recently, was happy to see the YFD was awarded the grant.
“They do terrific work protecting Ypsilanti and I am pleased to see that they have received this funding,” Dingell said.
In addition to impending improvements to the exhaust and sprinkler system, the station recently had radiant heat installed as well as new air-tight seals placed on its garage doors.
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