8324-0050 Local Fire Department Projects and Grants

For the commonwealth's local fire departments; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for a municipal grant program administered by the fire marshal for firefighter cancer screenings, including advance blood testing and imaging; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Duxbury fire department for helicopter aquatic rescue training; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the city of Melrose for a fire breathing apparatus, SCBA, for the purposes of safety and equipment improvements within the Melrose fire department; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for new rescue equipment for the fire department in the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Tyngsborough fire department; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Taunton fire department for roof repairs at three historic fire stations in the city of Taunton; provided further, that not less than $40,400 shall be expended for the Westborough fire department for an equipment washer and commercial washer/dryers; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for replacement of the Rehoboth fire department's radio system in the town of Rehoboth; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the purchasing of thermal imaging cameras for the fire department in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the town of Saugus' fire department for the purposes of procuring a street legal all-terrain vehicle; provided further, that not less than $65,000 shall be expended for the purchase of an EMS stretcher power local system with a 6-year service agreement, for the town of Hopedale; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center; provided further, that not less than $27,850 shall be expended for technology upgrades in all fire vehicles in the city of Newburyport; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Reading fire department for the purchase of a ladder truck and related equipment; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Dedham fire department's restoration of their 1953 fire engine; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Fall River fire department for a breathing air cascade system and additional safety equipment; provided further, that the fire department training academies listed in item 8324-0000 of section 2 of chapter 182 of the acts of 2008 shall be allocated to each program in fiscal year 2023; provided further, that the amount allocated for hazardous material response teams in said item 8324-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 182 shall be allocated to each program in fiscal year 2023; provided further, that in addition to the allocation listed in said item 8324-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 182, the Boston Fire Department Training Academy shall be allocated an additional $500,000; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the Framingham police department for the conversion to hybrid vehicles; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for renovations to Boston fire department engine 8 ladder 1 located on Hanover street in the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Medford fire department for tablets and equipment upgrades; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the town of Winchester for the purchase of modernized emergency medical response equipment; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for equipment for the city known as the town of Braintree's fire department; provided, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended to the fire department in the town of Sturbridge for a new command vehicle; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended to the fire department in the town of Webster for the purchase of hydraulically-powered rescue equipment; provided further, that not less than $100,000 dollars shall be expended to the county of Barnstable to support county-sponsored fire training programs and equipment; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the city of Leominster for fire department communication upgrades; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for in-service training for the fire department in the town of Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $33,000 shall be expended for the Hanson fire department for cardiac screening services for students in the Whitman Hanson school district in the town of Hanson; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to provide screenings and public health and safety equipment to the Everett fire department to support their efforts to prevent cancer and other health hazards; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Fire Chiefs' Association of Plymouth County, Inc. to maintain and upgrade emergency communication systems, provide for mass casualty and major operations incident planning and training, and enhance mutual aid operations in the county of Plymouth; provided further, that funds appropriated for this item in fiscal year 2022 for the purpose of maintaining and upgrading emergency communication systems, providing for mass casualty and major operations incident planning and training and enhancing mutual aid operations in the county of Plymouth shall not revert but shall be made available for this item for these purposes in fiscal year 2023; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended to the town of Royalston for fire safety equipment; provided further, that not less than $41,000 shall be expended for upgrades to the Plymouth fire department's operations center smartboard; provided further, that not less than $7,500 shall be expended for the Sandwich fire department for an unmanned aerial vehicle program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Quincy fire department for firefighter safety equipment including, but not limited to, thermal-imaging units; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for renovations and improvements to Fire Station #3 on Bullock road in the town of Freetown; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the fire department in the town of Charlton; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws