ALBANY, N.Y. (WENY) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the senate is passing the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act. 

Under the measure, it reauthorizes several expiring funding programs that provide more assistance to firefighters from staffing to equipment, and even training.  

Schumer said that losing this funding, which would have expired in three months, would have hit firefighters across Upstate New York the hardest, who have received over 100-million-dollars in funding through these programs within the last three years.  

“When it comes to protecting firefighters, we should spare no expense and this legislation shows our firefighters that we have their backs as they rush to danger, as they risk their lives for our safety,” said Schumer, adding, “this is especially true in smaller and more rural areas and in more suburban areas, where there's often not enough revenue to afford more resources.” 

Schumer, who helped create these programs, said the new bill, which has now passed the Senate, would extend this funding through Fiscal Year 2030.