STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island elected officials and FDNY leaders gathered at Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard in Travis on Friday to announce a federal funding allocation to modernize local firehouses.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn in Congress, secured the funding through the congressional appropriations process. She was joined by Assemblymember Sam Pirozzolo, a Republican who represents the Mid-Island in the state Assembly; Councilmember David Carr, a Republican who represents the Mid-Island and Brooklyn in the City Council; and new FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore.
Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard will receive $2 million as part of a broader investment in local fire companies announced Friday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore joined local elected officials such as Congress member Nicole Malliotakis, Assembly member Sam Pirozzolo and Council member David Carr at Squad 8 to announce the allocations.(Nicolette Cavallaro| Staten Island Advance/SILive.com)
“We have a growing city around us, and Staten Island is no different. As we continue to operate at normal levels, our whole volume continues to go up across our city,” shared Bonsignore. “So this helps us start to continue our pathway of modernization. We have to grow and modernize like the rest of the city.”
Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard will receive $2 million as part of a broader investment in local fire companies announced Friday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore joined local elected officials such as Congress member Nicole Malliotakis, Assembly member Sam Pirozzolo and Council member David Carr at Squad 8 to announce the allocations.(Nicolette Cavallaro| Staten Island Advance/SILive.com)
Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard will receive $2 million as part of a broader investment in local fire companies announced Friday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore joined local elected officials such as Congress member Nicole Malliotakis, Assembly member Sam Pirozzolo and Council member David Carr at Squad 8 to announce the allocations.(Nicolette Cavallaro| Staten Island Advance/SILive.com)
According to Malliotakis, $2 million of the funding is dedicated to Squad 8, Staten Island’s only Squad Fire Company, which is among the FDNY’s most versatile units and are critical to safety.
Along with Squad 8, the she also secured $1 million for generator improvements at FDNY Engine Company 155/Ladder Company 78. This ensures continuous operations during major weather events or outages.
In Brooklyn, FDNY Engine Company 284/Ladder Company 149/Satellite 3 in Dyker Heights received over a million dollars in funding for firehouse improvements.
Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard will receive $2 million as part of a broader investment in local fire companies announced Friday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore joined local elected officials such as Congress member Nicole Malliotakis, Assembly member Sam Pirozzolo and Council member David Carr at Squad 8 to announce the allocations.(Nicolette Cavallaro| Staten Island Advance/SILive.com)
According to Malliotakis, the largest amount of money, $5 million, is being allocated to serve both Staten Island and south Brooklyn firefighters and EMS workers for a new EMS training center for our community.
“It’ll be shorter commutes to training, which means more first responders are available in our communities, and there’ll be better preparedness across the board,” she said.
Squad Company 8 on Victory Boulevard will receive $2 million as part of a broader investment in local fire companies announced Friday. FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore joined local elected officials such as Congress member Nicole Malliotakis, Assembly member Sam Pirozzolo and Council member David Carr at Squad 8 to announce the allocations.(Nicolette Cavallaro| Staten Island Advance/SILive.com)
“To hear this good news, not only for the Staten Island side of my district, but also the Brooklyn side of my district, this investment in these two great these two great firehouses, all these great companies that they serve in Staten Island and southwest Brooklyn, it’s just music to my ears,” said Carr.
“It takes a very special type of individual to walk into a burning building. When I talk to them, I say ‘How do you do that?’ Every single one says, ‘it’s not only the training and the equipment, but it’s the faith that they have in each other,’” shared Pirozzolo “That’s what this money is going to do. It’s coming back to Staten Island. It’s going to enhance this facility. It’s going to enhance their training facilities so that they can take care of each other as they do.”