The Onekama Township Fire Department recently was awarded a $53,005 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants program. Rob Johnson, Onekama Township Fire Department assistant chief, said the department members were excited to learn they received the grant.
“We currently have airpacks that the manufacturer is no longer in business so we have to replace all the airpacks on our trucks for our fire department people. They’re pretty expensive,” he said. “I think we’re going to get eight or nine sets of air breathing packs for going inside structure fires.”