That risk was paramount for the Harrisburg Fire Department when it built its newest fire station on Rocky River Road.

It has a special room for firefighters to store their gear, complete with a separate ventilation system. That means the rest of the fire station isn't breathing in the chemicals lingering in the gear.

"We're being very aggressive with our training to our firefighters about cancer awareness,” Chief Bryan Dunn, with the Harrisburg Fire Department, said. “We want to be very proactive in what we do to protect our firefighters as well, 'cause they're our greatest asset, our community's greatest asset.”

Assistant Chief Elisha Snider says the boat was a much needed addition since it is the only one in Marshall County among the fire departments. Snider said, in the past, the fire department used their personal boats or relied on boats from other counties.

"We needed a boat that had the capability, not only to just get out there and put out a fire on the water or next to the water, but a boat that we could get people on that are injured and have room to work on them," Snider said.