Lynbrook Fire Department receives check

The money will be used to update safety systems

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

The Lynbrook Fire Department has received $75,000 as part of the Community Revitalization Program. The funding will provide the firefighters with state-ofthe-art tablets and Personal Escape Systems to help keep them — and the neighborhood — safe.

“It protects them, it protects us,” said Nassau County legislator Bill Gaylor. “The better they do their job, the better off we all are.”

Gaylor presented the check to the fire department on April 17.

A total of $25,000 will go towards providing them with tablets that maintain their network of contact at the scene of the fire. The other $50,000 will provide the department with updated Personal Escape Systems — portable packs that include rope and other alternate means of exiting a burning building.

“They’re lightweight, they’re more manageable, you could even say quicker deployment,” said Daniel Ambrosio, the Lynbrook Fire Department chief. “The old ones we had were kind of outdated, they need servicing. These new ones don’t need that servicing. It’s a better product, and the ease of use is much easier.”

Of the 180 members of the Lynbrook Fire Department, 100 of those members are interior firefighters — the active responders who are first on the scene of a