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.
Randy Ballinger fell almost 25 feet and suffered a collapsed lung, a broken pelvis, broken ribs and fractures in both legs
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
Christopher Martinez aims to raise $10,000, which he will donate entirely to the two boys and their families; he’s almost halfway to that goal
Tom Stuart II lost his job as a firefighter for insubordination; he said it had to do with his efforts to drum up support for his family
“I don’t really know what the next step is, they don’t really train you on what happens after your house burns down,” firefighter Thomas Stewart II said
Volunteer firefighters couldn’t save the family restaurant, but surprised them with food and gift donations
After 26 years, the founder is using money from a reverse mortgage and his NYFD pension to fund the volunteer agency, and hopes to raise $125K to receive a reimbursement grant
County government is contributing $30,000 for the $1.4 million station to replace the one built in 1963
The firm represented the city’s retirees in Detroit’s bankruptcy case; the money will be used to replace worn out gear
The party featured face painting, games, pizza, presents and the arrival of Santa on a fire truck
With no firefighting experience, Julian McKenzie was tapped by his community to lead a start-up fire department
Working with a corporate sponsor, to managing a larger team to, live-fire demonstrations, IFRM broke new ground
For a new fire department, even basic radio communications are a challenge to overcome
Starting a fire department from scratch is great when money is no object; when resources are scarce, you improvise
A recent humanitarian-aid trip to build a fire department from scratch shows what a community can accomplish
The program to help emergency victims is funded by the nonprofit California Fire Foundation
The $6.6 million project for the building will be the new home of the fire department in over 100 years
Fire officials are calling for better protective equipment to ward off firefighters’ risks of developing cancer
The money will help Maria Pothast, an EMT with an inoperable brain tumor, to help offset costs while out of work
They both happened to be at the fire hall when the blaze was reported; the community is collecting donations to help them recover
She surprised firefighters with a pizza party to thank them for their support during her struggle with a congenital heart condition
If they win the $1 million prize money, firefighters plan to use it for much-needed firefighting gear
The firefighter’s wife, children and dog got out of the house safely; most of the damage occurred on the exterior of the house
Colleagues gave him nonperishable’s to help feed his family of five and also threw a benefit in his honor to raise money
All three have been sidelined from their primary jobs as firefighters and the second jobs that help them make ends meet
Officials hope the campaign launched on Indiegogo.com this week will raise $50,000 toward the cost of a new ambulance
His dad’s company sponsored a petting zoo, which he used to raise funds for the volunteer fire department
Thomas Filo IV, 27, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of neuro-endocrine cancer; it has a 15 percent five-year survival rate
All proceeds from the sales will go the family members of Kevin Bell, who was killed while battling a 2-alarm fire
The image of Harper wearing a fire helmet will go on a T-shirt with the proceeds benefiting the D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation
Hero Fund America founder said he wanted to recognize those who ran into smoke and bombs after Boston Marathon bombings
He gave $10,000 each to five fire stations to help buy new equipment