Excerpts from theChicagoTribune.com:
The La Grange Fire Department is slated to receive a $122,000 grant to purchase new self-contained breathing apparatus … the village board unanimously approved moving forward with the purchase.
The funds are provided through the Department of Homeland Security, Assistance to Firefighters grant program. The grant will pay about $122,000 of the cost and the village will pay another $7,000.
The existing equipment is about 15 years old and the end of its useful life, said Fire Chief Donald J. Gay.
Gay said a committee helped put together the application for the grant, which they had not received on prior attempts.
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