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 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 mayor initially decided not to allow firefighters to participate in the “Fill the Boot” fundraiser while on-duty
His suicide might’ve escaped wide notice, except that it came on the heels of his public brouhaha with Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers
Donations are key to a volunteer fire department’s survival
During the four other years the tax has been in effect, the state has collected between $2.4 million and $2.7 million each year
The department has raised about $45,000 of the $160,000 needed to replace a ladder truck, the rest of which is covered by a $636,000 federal grant
Some departments have dropped carnivals from their calendars, possibly due to volunteer recruitment and retention issues
The department is an all-volunteer effort and operates with community support and fundraising
For every $10 calendar sold, $1 is given to The Child Cancer Foundation
The fire department, organized in 1981, covers about 1,500 homes spread over an area of about 16 square miles
Firefighters say proposed legislation would decimate their Fill the Boot fundraiser each year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Dismissed Firefighter Brian Ahern is suing the fire chief and department
San Bernardino Firefighter-Paramedic Jason Buchanan set the record to encourage people to donate to a childrens’ charity
Firefighter Jack Slivinski was given a verbal warning and permission to rejoin Rescue 1
Fellow firefighter Capt. Ed Carey and his wife were hunting when their ATV overturned, critically injuring the firefighter
A near-death experience inspired Firefighter LaFerriere to talk to and encourage burn victims, and send several injured children to a burn camp
The fire company hopes to raise at least $50,000 on its July 15 concert to help buy equipment
The calendar is the only official FDNY Calendar and the first by the Department since 2008
“Fire Ride: Tribute 2011" is scheduled to begin in San Francisco on July 18 and end 60 days later in New York City on the morning of Sept. 11.
The goal is to raise enough money to restore Campbell’s paramedic vehicle to its original service condition
Wanamingo’s fire department organized 150 vintage snowmobiles to present for a fundraiser
Firefighters’ hair-dos judged to help local woman fighting breast cancer
The chief said he had not even heard of the offer until local media reports began surfacing, saying the ads would ‘offend people’
The department lost its main station, three trucks and nearly all of its equipment in an electrical fire on Oct. 1
Winning firefighter recently founded local mustache group to promote firefighter fatality awareness and funds
Five-year-old donates nearly $46 in change to help rebuild a volunteer fire station
The Fitchburg Fire Department is working toward putting new thermal Bullard T-4 Max cameras on every front-line apparatus trucks
An agreement between the city and KFC will place KFC’s “New Fiery Grilled Wings” logo on fire extinguishers in exchange for cash
Cities that allow KFC to advertise on fire hydrants and fire extinguishers are rewarded with cash donations for fire safety equipment, repairs or improvements