Fresno Fire Department to get ballistic helmets and vests

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Firefighters crossed the metropolis of Fresno volition soon person caller gear.

"Every occurrence motor and occurrence volition person capable ballistic helmets and vests for the unit moving that rig," Fresno metropolis councilmember Mike Karbassi stated.

The determination comes aft Karbassi says helium heard information concerns astir progressive shooter situations from the frontlines.

Back successful June, 2 firefighters successful Idaho were killed and different injured erstwhile a fishy ambushed the unit responding to a fire.

Karbassi says the interest heightens erstwhile the concern involves children.

"If determination is simply a shooting astatine a school, I cognize they are going to travel the commands of PD and they're going to beryllium staged but I besides cognize the mode that they are and they are going to privation to spell retired determination and prevention that kid truthful I privation to marque definite that they person the instrumentality indispensable successful they're protected if they ever person to instrumentality that hazard connected themselves," helium explained.

The cogwheel volition beryllium utilized successful situations the unit sees fit.

"As overmuch arsenic this is astir making definite our firefighters are safe, this really improves their quality to participate a unsafe concern and prevention idiosyncratic who whitethorn person perchance been changeable oregon successful an progressive shooter portion and get them to information and aesculapian attraction due to the fact that those moments matter," helium said.

Karbassi says the cogwheel is paid for done the city's wide budget.

"This is thing I got into the fund astir 2 years ago," helium stated. "We allocated $128,000 for this program. It's taken immoderate clip to implement, but I'm truthful gladsome that time we're gonna beryllium rolling this retired crossed the city."

Karbassi volition beryllium presenting that instrumentality successful a property league alongside the occurrence section connected Wednesday.

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