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Streator fire adds hazmat scanner, repairs training center · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter Fire ads hasmat scanner repairs, training center. Written by
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  Bill Frescos. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlett. The Streeter Fire Department
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  was approved this week for repairs at their training center
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  and a spectrometer for their hasmat equipment. Streeter City Council
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  approved both purchases during their meeting on Wednesday night. According
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  to city documents, the winning bid for the spectrometer came
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  in at eighty one thousand dollars. Notably, most of that
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  cost will come from a FEMA grant. The city will
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  be responsible for about five percent of the total cost
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  under the grant agreement. So what's a spectrometer. It's essentially
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  a scanner for radiation that firefighters or hasmat teams can
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  use to safely identify dangerous substances without direct exposure. According
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  to Fire Chief Brian Dark, two firefighters are being trained
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  to operate the equipment, with one currently undergoing training and
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  another expected to begin later this summer. In larger hazardous
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  material incidents, Streator would continue working with Regional maba's hazmat teams.
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  We have never had a big hazmat presence, Park said previously,
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  but I think it's very important that with all the
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  railroad cars going through town and everything else, and all
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  the trucks, that we have a bigger hazmat presence. Council
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  also approved repairs at the fire Department's training center after
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  a frozen pipe burst and flooded part of the classroom
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  building last winter. According to city documents, repairs there are
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  expected to include drywall replacement, plumbing fixture repairs, and replacement
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  of a damaged shower area. The lowest bid for the
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  project came at twenty one thousand dollars