The Nyack Joint Fire District will use this funding to acquire personal protective equipment for its firefighters. The joint fire district maintains six fire stations housing eight fire apparatus, one marine unit, and the high angle rescue team, and serves the villages of Upper Grand View, South Nyack, Nyack and Upper Nyack.

This equipment provides respiratory protection for personnel during firefighting and hazardous materials emergencies and will replace equipment that will no longer be OSHA or National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) compliant as of 2018.  AFG officials approved $294,500 for the project, however, the overall costs to replace the equipment is projected to be higher at $311,034.  In conjunction with a required local government match, the total net cost to the City should be $43,306.80.

Fire Chief Bill Carver told supervisors that the department's rescue truck and ladder truck are either in need of serious repair or outright replacement. A new 150-foot ladder truck could cost significantly more than a rescue truck.

The ladder truck is currently out of service while being repaired and several functions on the rescue truck, like the foam and water pumps, do not work.