Jerseyville Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant For New Breathing Equipment

Jerseyville Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant For New Breathing Equipment

JERSEYVILLE – Jerseyville firefighters are getting brand-new breathing equipment after securing over $170,000 in grant funds from FEMA.Fire Chief Keith Norman Norman said the department’s previous SCBAs, or Self-Contained Breathing Apparatuses, were out of date by more than two decades.“Our SCBAs, our breathing air systems, were five generations behind,” Norman said. “They stopped making them in the ‘80s, so they are more than 25 years outdated.…