Fire Chief John-Paul Schilling said at the village board meeting Tuesday that funding had been received. A total of $262,300, which included the village's required 10 percent match, was used to purchase 36 new air packs as well as masks that contain a built-in thermal imaging camera.
That feature, said Schilling, "will speed up rescue efforts."
"Instead of just one person holding (a device) and directing people, everybody has a view of everything in the room, so the chance of us finding somebody in a rescue situation is greatly enhanced," he said.