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.
Firefighters at Buffalo’s Engine 4 firehouse assembled a small Christmas tree with lights and put toys under it for a Fla. girl, 5
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
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
For those of us who make a living from the fire service, giving back time, money or energy to firefighters is a moral obligation and profoundly rewarding
Renting out fire trucks and crews may be one way to generate revenue and silence critics
“It’s still hard, you know, knowing that today is my last shift as of right now,” said rookie firefighter Josh Morgan
Cory Haley, 24, was struck by two vehicles while jogging, and the fire department is helping his family buy a headstone “so that nobody would forget how good of a person he was”
Easing families’ burdens during the holiday season is just one example of how firefighters aid their communities
The fire foundation raised enough money to give 100 children $130 in spending money
The money represents a portion of the proceeds from the film; the money will go toward buying much-needed gear for firefighters
When they discovered Amanda Nederveen has no income while she’s off work getting chemotherapy, they came together to raise funds for her
Volunteer firefighter Greg Kretz was the winning entry in California Casualty’s “Firehouse Makeover Contest;" they will get a $10,000 overhaul
Fellow firefighters and his wife are working to raise money to honor and support the 70-year-old retired chief, who is now in hospice care
The Model T, which is painted fire-engine red, will contribute toward a memorial paying tribute to the Yarnell Hill Hotshot firefighters
The theft of two saws sparked a national firefighters’ group to raise money for equipment and supplies for the department