Tonko Announces More Than $150K Funding for Local Fire Departments

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SARATOGA COUNTY —

Congressman Paul Tonko, who represents Saratoga County in the 20th Congressional District, this week announced the awarding of more than $156,000 in federal funding to two local fire departments.

In this round of funding from the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program, the Burnt Hills Fire Department will receive $121,308.57, and the South Glens Falls Fire Company will receive $34,746.66, all going toward the purchase of radios, equipment maintenance, and other critical safety and operational needs to protect their members.

Greg Bradtke, Chief of the Burnt Hills Fire Department, said the award will allow the department to purchase 26 new P25 compliant radios with ancillary equipment and place one at every seat on apparatus and also in the hands of command personnel.

Arthur L. Porlier Jr., Firefighter and Grant Committee Chair at South Glens Falls Fire Company, said the new equipment, along with policies and procedures for