The money will go towards providing the tri-cities and surrounding townships with access to AutoPulse Resuscitation Systems, which provides automated CPR to victims of cardiac arrest. 

The Ferrysburg Fire Department, Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, Crockery Township Fire Department and Spring Lake Fire Department all received the AutoPulse Units on Tuesday, Jan. 30. 

The new fire station is being built on a piece of town-owned land at 204 Lowell Road, about a mile and a half from the station it will be replace on Burns Hill Road. It will be better able to accommodate the full-time staff at anywhere from 7,000 to 8,000 square feet. The new station will have four apparatus bays, a lobby, secured living quarters, an EMS supply room, a decontamination/gear storage room, separate men’s and women’s bathrooms and bedrooms, an exercise room, and mechanical and electrical rooms.

The pumper was purchased with the help of the Congressional Delegation’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant. The grant provided $500,000 towards the new pumper. The E-One pumper is replacing a pumper bought secondhand in 1988 from the Valley Falls Fire Department, according to Diossa’s office. The old pumper has been removed from service and will be donated to Guatemala.

Reed is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee. He wrote a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency, who offers the grant, in support of the application to provide funding for the new pumper. The grant is utilized by fire departments and emergency medical services to purchase new vehicles or equipment.