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.

Tours of the station, which was renovated to accommodate the longer aerial ladder truck, will be available, and appetizers and refreshments will be served during the event from 4 to 6 p.m.  

Tribal leaders, County Fire and government officials and local dignitaries are scheduled to attend the open house that’s open to the public.

The truck was from the Nancy Run Fire Department in Bethlehem Township. A firefighter and the driver of the car were injured and taken to the hospital. The fire truck ended up off the road on the other side of the guardrail.

The talks come as  one truck is sidelined with mechanical issues, and the city said during a meeting on Monday it was unsure when a solution fix would be finalized. Earlier, the council authorized buying a computer that will aid in analyzing the problem. It also has an aerial truck and another vehicle that is rarely used. Previously, councils have set aside money monthly or sought passage of a sales tax to help with repayment. The last ballot issue came in 2006 when an eighth-cent sales tax passage helped finance the purchase of a $650,000 truck. The levy expired 10 years later.