NEW BERLIN – An offcut of $650,000 in federal funding for firefighting agencies across New York State will make its way to the New Berlin Fire Department.

The New Berlin Fire Department is slated to receive $14,800 in the lump of federal allocations recently announced by U.S. senators Chuck Schumer and Kirstin Gillibrand. Funding will help firefighters purchase protective gear, continue training, and procure other necessary emergency supplies.

The funds are administered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG).