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{"1965C56D-9476-83B8-3781-128DB947A16C":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"1965C56D-9476-83B8-3781-128DB947A16C","title":"Fort Drum Firefighters","summary":"Fort Drum, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"April 22, 2024","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/fort-drum-firefighters","city":"Fort Drum","county":"Jefferson","lat":44.0492086,"lng":-75.7894716,"description":"<p>On April 22nd, 2024, Standing with Fort Drum firefighters and members of IAFF Local F-105, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer  launched a major push to increase funding for the Fort Drum Fire Department after years of receiving significantly lower annual budgets from Army HQ. Schumer explained that, as a federal fire department serving Fort Drum and the North Country, the Fort Drum Fire Department uniquely depends on federal funding through U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) for its yearly budget, creating a different funding structure than other nearby local fire professional and volunteer departments.</p>\r\n<p>Schumer said for years Fort Drum firefighters have received significantly less than they requested, most recently only receiving 25% of its requested funding from IMCOM, leaving the department unable to purchase replacements or fund repairs to critical equipment like protective gear, thermal imaging cameras, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) cylinders, firehoses, radios, flashlights and more. The senator personally wrote the Secretary of the Army to highlight this issue, and is launching an all-out effort to deliver the increased support they need to ensure this issue does not persist.</p>"}}

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