According to a release, $116,100 was awarded as part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for fiscal year 2017. The release said the money will retrofit the fire station's apparatus bay with an emissions disposal system that will catch diesel emissions and send them outside.  

The award is under the operations and safety program, as vehicle emissions are considered a human carcinogen, according to the International Agency for Cancer Research.

The donation will help students learn how to respond to a fire, and what they do when they arrive at the scene.  

Joy Paquette is a public safety instructor at MOISD and she says it’s an experience that they take with them for their career.