Santa Rosa will receive federal funding to help the city rebuild from the 2017 wildfires, reports KRSO.

Nearly $34-million will go toward the rebuild of the Fountaingrove Fire Station, fire resiliency measures, and mitigation projects.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “Fire Chief Westrope joined Mayor Rogers and Council member Fleming to meet with Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) at the former site of Fire Station 5, which burned in the Tubbs Fire, to acknowledge the good news that a total of $33.9M in Federal funding was allocated to the City to support unmet needs for rebuilding infrastructure damaged during the 2017 fires as well as to make infrastructure improvements to protect lives, homes, and businesses from future disasters. The City has prioritized its potentially eligible infrastructure projects that can utilize these funds and rebuilding Fire Station 5 at a new site is at the top of the list! Read below for more details.”

• New York & Atlantic Railway, LIRR support training effort with tunnel access in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN, NY — May 26, 2021 — New York & Atlantic Railway (NYAR) recently partnered with the Long Island Rail Road and the FDNY in conducting an emergency tunnel access training exercise involving more than 200 firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and emergency rescue responders in the East New York Rail Tunnel. This tunnel used by New York & Atlantic for rail freight services to and from Brooklyn is approximately 3,600 feet in length, making it an ideal training location. They demonstrated and trained first-responders on rebreather equipment in an underground environment, with smoke and other conditions that are similar to what the FDNY might encounter in an actual emergency.

A rebreather is a portable breathing device that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user’s exhaled breath, essentially recycling unused oxygen.  Rebreathers have a significant advantage overself-contained breathing apparatus, typically worn by firefighters and rescue personnel. They can supply oxygen for more extended periods than standard oxygen tanks and are used in accessing and conducting rescues in tunnels, under collapsed buildings, in confined spaces, and in situationswhere the environment may be toxic. The FDNY and the Los Angeles Fire Department are the only two major U.S. cities with rebreathers.