The $11,469 grant for the Warren County Technical Rescue Team will provide water rescuers with gear they need for cold-water rescues. Each technician was custom-fitted for the gear and will keep it with him or her, just like they do with fire turnout gear to shorten the time between emergency calls and arrival on the scene.

The team consists of members from Warren County’s nine volunteer fire departments.

Right now, the income for the station is about $480,000, but expenses come in at just over $600,000 -- leaving them more than $100,000 in debt.

"Our cost of readiness is about $1,000 per call. But we only actually get paid about $500 every time we take someone to the hospital," Penns Valley EMS Chief Jason Brooks said.

No matter what the call may be, they only get paid if they take you to the hospital.

"At this point we cannot charge for anything other than transport. So, if we respond to a patient and we end up for any reason not transporting that patient to the hospital -- we don't get paid for that call," Brooks said.

On Monday, firefighters at station #5 were told mold has been found in their building.

They removed personal items while it's being cleaned. The chief says his major concern is for the safety of all firefighters.

"Just know it's going to be a thorough cleaning they're going to go from the bottom up and basically just go over the entire structure to make sure that it's safe for our people to come back and work out of again," said Antonio Smith, Monroe Fire Department's Public Information Officer.