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.
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The actor worked as a firefighter from 1980 to 1984, and returned to his department to help the week after the 9/11 attacks
Grants, up to $25,000, will support community relief, community outreach, training, specialized equipment and vegetation mitigation and fuels reduction
From a firefighter sponsorship program to themed dinners at the firehouse, check out these out-of-the-box strategies for raising your department’s profile in the 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 Hamlet Volunteer Fire Department said it has received many donation offers
Several fundraisers seek to help Harold Baker, who lost 10 family members in the August blaze
Greg “Mickey” Hansen joined FDNY a few months after 9/11, having searched for his sister and assisted others after the planes struck the Twin Towers
A fundraiser has been set up for the family of Charles D. Swank, an Army veteran who had five children
Minnetonka firefighters are trying to help Tim Tripp, who is in a coma
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 donation was made in coordination with the International Fire Training Force, a Chicago nonprofit effort to aid overseas fire departments
A small group is coordinating with the Ukrainian Government to ship ambulances and fire apparatus full of supplies to support Ukrainians, and they need your help
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Members of IAFF Local 257 collected more than $18K for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Westport Fire Department is gathering outerwear and working with a charity
Dale Melanson’s helmet has visited more than two dozen departments so far
Gregg Township Chief Darin Bressler first told police he made 18 withdrawals and put the funds toward a fire engine but later admitted to paying off his bills
“Jose has always admired and loved firefighters,” Stephanie Bello said about her son
The Orange County Fire Authority plans to establish the facility near the fire-prone Trabuco Canyon
Newport Firefighter Bob Hug was on dialysis for more than six months before receiving a kidney donation from his colleague, Ryan Whaley
“Together we helped fulfill our promise to never forget, and we are looking forward to keeping this going for many years to come,” said Capt. Brian Minardo
Crewmembers were doing maintenance on a transport truck at the Placerville Fire Center when the vehicle’s engine compartment ignited
Del. Haven Shoemaker Jr. said representatives of Carroll County’s volunteer fire companies asked him to introduce the bill
“People lost everything. Houses are all mud now. They’ve got to start from zero,” said Firefighter William Pagan, who has relatives in the U.S. territory
Five years after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, first responders have access to a 50,000-square-foot high-tech tactical training center
They retraced the footsteps of Firefighter Stephen Siller on 9/11 and honored the lives lost in the war on terrorism
The Hilmar Cheese Factory donated the silo to the Merced County Fire Department for realistic rescue training
The owners of Jahnke’s Piggly Wiggly of Juneau held a month-long fundraiser to accumulate the funds for the department
Even as we move further from 9/11, the need for support is ongoing for those fallen firefighter families and new ones every year
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