Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed to set aside $3.1 million in the city's fiscal 2019 budget, at the urging of Councilmen Joe Borelli (R-South Shore), Minority Leader Steve Matteo (R-Mid Island), and Borough President James Oddo for the new company.

Squad company members are trained at expert levels to respond to hazardous material and special rescue operations.

The money will fund the technical training for a five-person specialized company and about 30 new squad members, a brand new pumper-rescue truck, and auxiliary equipment needed to upgrade an existing Staten Island engine company into a specialized squad company.

Officers say he was responding to a 911 call when police on scene said he smelled like alcohol and was slurring his speech. Feaster's blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit.

There are no rules preventing firefighters from drinking before the start of their shift. The Iowa Firefighter's Association says both volunteer and paid firefighters are encouraged to not respond to a call if they are impaired for feel they won't be able to perform their duties.

The fire truck was pulling into a parking lot and the moped driver hit the front of the truck just before crashing into a utility pole.

The driver was transported to San Antonio Military Medical Center for his injuries which officials say don't appear to be life-threatening.

According to Potts, the King City Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1909, originally using hand-drawn hose carts to fight fires in the area. It was not until 1920 when the department purchased its first fire engine from American LaFrance, one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in America.

Now housed at MCARLM, the fire engine is in need of a full restoration and will be the museum’s main focus of fundraising over the next couple of years, Potts said.

The $5.4 million station is 10,000 square feet and four firefighters will be on duty.  The district is responding to more calls these days - more than 10,000 this year, compared with 7,500 in 2012 -  so there's room to expand.

"It's important for firefighters to have a good base to operate from," Moore said.  "It's a lot more comfortable than the old station.  Firefighters depend on a modern station to do their jobs, and modern apparatus.  It's all about having the people and the equipment you need to be able to service your constituents."

It's a project three years in the making and the third new station for the district in the last six years.  There are more possibilities on the horizon.