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.
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
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
So far half of the $5,000 goal has been raised via the online donation site
The group has less than $200,000 and needs $1.4 million to build memorial to those who died in The Station fire
A retired government vehicle can often be what a smaller, financially struggling fire department needs
Fire departments need to do what it takes to equip themselves, but trouble lies down the road
The 2013 program includes requirement changes, additional matches, micro grants, and updates to equipment ages
The El Paso County Commissioner said the “shortsighted” budgets have a major impact on wildfire mitigation
The department is looking for extra income, but city officials say the trucks are not an appropriate spot for advertisements
The family of Houston firefighter Anne Sullivan is remembering her by raising money to support other women who want to be firefighters
The department is still without a permanent facility to operate out of, more than three months after a tornado hit
Efforts such as pink duty shirts not only draw awareness to breast cancer, they also raise funds
J Phillips, an Asheboro firefighter, was recently diagnosed with Stage IV Salivary Gland Cancer; it’s one of the rarest forms of cancer and less than one percent of Americans have this disease
He began making t-shirts and selling them to raise money for her mounting medical bills
The Fire Department is all volunteers and establishing EMS service was done from donations and through fundraisers
The firefighters were raising money for Annabelle Starr, an 8-year-old diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Some said the gun giveaway was too soon after the Navy Yard shooting
Putting ads on the sides of their engines is expected to raise $95K over the next year
The money will help replace equipment, including radios and fire hoses, that were destroyed while battling the Black Forest Fire
After a major fire, the people of Prophetstown stepped up to thank, help and restock their fire department