The Gary Fire Department will use just a little more than $260,000 from a federal grant to pay for medical examinations for firefighters and other department personnel. Money will come from an Assistance to Firefighters program grant provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fire Chief Paul Bradley said the bulk of the grant would be used to pay for physical examinations for all fire department personnel, which numbers nearly 200.
Some of the funds also will be used to buy exercise equipment that will be placed at fire stations and at the department's training facility.