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.
“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
The rail company has also provided $220,000 to reimburse the Village of East Palestine Fire Department for contaminated equipment
The money will be used for operations and safety training
As fun as the videos are, the surprise fundraising success will assist survivors of fallen firefighters
His hope is to raise $25,000 for the Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Investigators charge that the department had been fundraising but had not provided fire services since 2008
The department is seeking enough $15 donations to put high-visibility flags on all 300 hydrants
The new gear was paid for by proceeds from “Burn,” a documentary film about the city’s firefighters that Leary executive-produced
“When I saw that check …I fell out of my chair. I was excited. I really was,” Fire Chief Allen Cousins said
The firefighters are part of an online documentary series that celebrates the ethics of volunteer firefighters and EMTs
The community donated $25,000 and the VFW kicked in $1,000 toward construction of an auxiliary garage for emergency medical vehicles
One small fire department’s financial woes show a much larger problem, here’s one possible solution
The department receives 25 percent of its funding from taxes, yet residents are slow to donate money needed to keep the department running
Firefighters have experienced medical problems that kept them off work this year, resulting in higher-than-normal overtime costs to cover for them
The new law allows firefighters to “engage in a solicitation for charitable purposes that involves persons standing in a public roadway soliciting contributions from passing motorists” under certain conditions
The firefighter was flown by careflight to a hospital and rushed into emergency surgery; he was later released and is recovering from his injuries
“A lot of people don’t realize if they help out, the piece of equipment they give us might save somebody’s life,” Chief Jimmy Ellis said
Standard insurance coverage won’t pay for the work, which could jeopardize budgets for firefighter safety gear
Fire Chief Joe Jenkins said most of the money is going toward new extrication tools that will reduce the amount of time it takes firefighters to rescue crash victims trapped in cars
“If we do this advertising in a tasteful manner, it’s with entities and businesses that fit our mission,” Fire Chief Scott Huntley said
Brawl led to a 25-minute delay while refs assessed penalties and ejections
The vacant 4-acre site once was part of the prison farm; city officials asked the state to declare the land surplus
The Central Coventry Fire District is set to close May 16 at 11:59 p.m.
“If this is all we’ve got to do, she’s got a long road ahead so we can do this. It ain’t hard,” firefighter Bobby Penning said
The shirt was designed by firefighters to raise funds for a memorial; it’s now being criticized as insensitive
The volunteer department is down to a brush truck and following a fatal blaze, residents want to help the department increase its fleet
In 2003, Michael Cabrera Jr. was diagnosed with congestive heart failure; firefighters are setting up fundraisers to offset costs that are accruing for his family
“We will look high and low, near and far, to try to keep these guys as long as we can,” Mayor Jim Ireton said
In many cases, only 10 percent of all the money raised goes to help actual officers and firefighters hurt in the line of duty
Budget projections show the department running out of money by fiscal year 2016-17
Members of a local cycling festival donated the money to the department after their fire truck was stolen and set on fire last month
The anonymous donor has already handed over hundreds of thousands of dollars for the truck