Johnson City to Get New Fire Equipment
Bob Joseph/WNBF News [file][/caption]The Johnson City Fire Department is getting help paying for equipment.
The department is getting $170,000 in Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant funds to pay for buying new self-contained breathing apparatus air packs.
Recently, Johnson City got word that it was also getting federal funding that would allow for the hiring of five new, full-time firefighters.
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