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Streator Fire looking into hazmat equipment, training center repairs · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter Fire looking into hasmat equipment, training center repairs. Written
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  by Bill Frescos, This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Streeter Fire
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  Department is looking to use grant money by new equipment
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  while some repairs to its training center following damage caused
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  by a burst pipe last winter. The department was awarded
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  a FEMA grant last year for atmospheric air monitoring equipment
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  and a mass spectrometer used to identify unknown chemicals and
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  hazardous substances at emergency scenes. According to city documents, we
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  have never had a big has met presence. Fire Chief
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  Brian Park told the council, but I think it's very
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  important that with all the railroad cars going through town
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  and everything else, in all the trucks, that we have
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  a bigger hazmat presence. Park also noted the winning bid
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  for this sectrometer came in at eighty one thousand dollars,
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  with the city responsible for about five percent of the
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  total cost. Under the grand Agreement, the city's share is
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  already included in the current budget. Officials also said two
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  firefighters are being trained to operate the equipment, with one
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  currently undergoing training, and another expected to begin later this summer.
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  In larger hazardous material incidents, Streetor would continue working with
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  regional MABIS hazmat teams. Council members also reviewed repairs at
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  the Fire Department's training center after a frozen pipe burst
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  and flooded part of the classroom building last winter. According
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  to city documents, repairs there are expected to include drywall replacement,
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  plumbing fixture repairs, and replacement of a damaged shower area.
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  The lowest bid for the project came at twenty one
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  thousand dollars. The department plans to bring the purchase forward
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  for a vote at next month's council meeting