Fundraising
The fundraising topic is designed to provide you with resources to help fund your fire department or raise funds to aid your members and community.
The Northwestern Lehigh Firefighter Foundation was formed by community members after the deaths of two Community Fire Company firefighters
Waverly Fire and Rescue’s 1934 fire truck used to pump around 250 gallons a minute compared to the near 1,500 gallons in newer models
The Eminence Area Volunteer Fire Department is raising funds after it lost all seven of its fire trucks and nearly all of its equipment in the fire
Fire Chief
The investigation found that while Ryan Pierce served as Stanwood fire chief, $4,403.84 was disbursed improperly
Family & Home
“There are still good people,” said Brian Hammond, a Russiaville Volunteer Fire Department firefighter
Jeff Rothmeier was transported to the same hospital where his daughter recently had a kidney removed
Lost Acres Fire Department members are hosting a fundraiser to support the firefighter, who escaped with his dogs
Ciudad Guzmán will receive the truck as part of a decades-long relationship between the two communities through the Longmont Sister Cities Association
“When we leave, each house will be in better shape,” said James Earl, a retired New York City fire lieutenant and project manager with Heart 9/11
Randy Ballinger fell almost 25 feet and suffered a collapsed lung, a broken pelvis, broken ribs and fractures in both legs
Train Crash
The rail company has also provided $220,000 to reimburse the Village of East Palestine Fire Department for contaminated equipment
Central Berkeley EMT Lacey Klein’s video of Barbara Gillespie, 72, touched many after Gillespie fell near Klein’s front door while delivering pizza
“When Michael died, I was told his hose never got water in that awful fire,” said Kathy Crosby-Bell, mother of Firefighter Michael Kennedy
Florence Fire Rescue Engineer-EMT Kevin Darby and his family have received more than $3,700 in donations
Coral Springs public safety service members have turned to therapy, peer counseling and charity work
Russia-Ukraine War
“It has taken many people doing paperwork, asking for favors, politicking and risking their lives to get it there,” the Chillicothe district said
The calendar used to be a fun event but was “not a great fundraiser in recent years,” FDNY spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci said
Funding
The Charlie Riley Community Service Scholarship Foundation has given 333 scholarships over 17 years
Fire Chief
According to police, Wellsburg Chief Scott Kins said he had been responsible for more than 20 drawings and bingos since he took on the role of chief in 2021
“Billy chose to give life after his death. He is truly our forever hero,” said his widow, Kristina Moon
Lawrence Firefighter Patrick Sweeney was gifted a new axe, complete with an engraving of his grandfather’s dog tags
Firefighters at Buffalo’s Engine 4 firehouse assembled a small Christmas tree with lights and put toys under it for a Fla. girl, 5
Russia-Ukraine War
Sterling’s city manager is asking organizations to help fill the apparatus with trauma-related medical supplies
Mequon’s first full-time firefighter-paramedic, Josh Lipp, was seriously injured in the incident
Theft
The Hamlet Volunteer Fire Department said it has received many donation offers
Several fundraisers seek to help Harold Baker, who lost 10 family members in the August blaze
Greg “Mickey” Hansen joined FDNY a few months after 9/11, having searched for his sister and assisted others after the planes struck the Twin Towers
A fundraiser has been set up for the family of Charles D. Swank, an Army veteran who had five children
Minnetonka firefighters are trying to help Tim Tripp, who is in a coma
The money will go toward a new fire engine for the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company
From locally, to Ecuador and Ukraine, EMS and fire organizations stepped up to make a difference both at home and internationally
Mayday was injured at the site of a Guymon FD fire prevention education event and could have lost the use of her left hind leg
The donation was made in coordination with the International Fire Training Force, a Chicago nonprofit effort to aid overseas fire departments
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