The Chardon and Burton departments together applied in February for $398,000 for new air packs and related software. The departments recently were jointly awarded a $334,000 grant.  

The local share is 10 percent of the award, meaning about $17,000 from Chardon and $13,000 from Burton, Chardon Chief Larry Gaspar said.

“We’re going to be able to get 26 brand new, state-of-the-art air packs, and then each air pack is going to come with two 45-minute air bottles,” he told City Council at the Nov. 8 meeting.

The department’s current air packs date to 2002 and have undergone four upgrades.

According to Warren Professional Firefighters Local 204, the closure stems from an aging truck breaking down. Plus, the department is without a reserve.  

The firefighters who staffed that station are now working out of the central station on South Street.