November 1, 2019
More than $150,000 in grants have been awarded to 59 Minnesota emergency response departments by Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America through its Emergency Response Equipment Program.
“Emergency response departments play an invaluable role in the health and safety of rural communities,” says Karen Schieler, senior corporate giving specialist. “The grant program allows Compeer to enrich these rural communities and potentially save lives by helping to provide essential equipment that first responders need to do their jobs.”
The 59 Minnesota organizations receiving support to purchase equipment from the grant program are:
Albany Fire Department: ammonia meters with test stations and calibration gas
Altura Fire and Ambulance: new batteries for the thermal imager and flashlights
Arlington Area Ambulance: a Pulse CO-oximeter
Beaver Creek Fire Department: an electric positive pressure ventilation fan
Bricelyn Fire and Ambulance: new turnout gear
Cannon Falls Ambulance: a new cot
Ceylon Fire Department: air packs and SCBA cylinders
Chisholm Ambulance Service: new pagers
Claremont Area Fire Department: a foam kit and circular saw
Clarks Grove Fire Department: a rescue saw
Cokato Fire Department: a structural firefighting hose and a high combat firefighting hose
Comfrey Fire Department: a washer-extractor
Conger Community Volunteer Fire Department: a thermal imaging camera
Courtland Rural Fire Association: a drill-operated auger and a portable generator
Dunnell-Lake Fremont Fire Department: an SCBA bottle and pack
Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department: EMS bags, an AED and a compact thermal imaging camera
Eagle Lake Fire Department: particulate hoods
Edgerton Volunteer Ambulance Association: installation of a hydraulic lift for oxygen tanks
Elgin Ambulance Service: jump bags, oxygen tank bags and other equipment
Ellendale Area Ambulance Service: compact suction containers and equipment
Ely Area Ambulance Service: a scoop stretcher and backboard
Finlayson Fire and Rescue: ice rescue suits
Fulda Community Fire Department: new pagers
Gibbon Fire and Rescue: a CET skid unit
Glencoe Fire Department: a gas-powered ventilation fan and a rescue rope
Goodhue Fire and Rescue: turnout gear
Hayward Fire Department: a grain bin rescue tube
Holdingford Fire and Rescue: a vital signs monitor
Kiester Ambulance: a portable radio and charger
Kilkenny Fire Department: new automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Lake County Ambulance Service: Pneupac ParaPAC and ventilator
Leota First Responders: an AED
Leroy Fire Department: a new hose reel, nozzle, hydrant wrench set, and other equipment
Lewiston Volunteer Fire Department: new pagers
Mantorville Fire and Rescue: back board and stair chair
Mille Lacs Health System Ambulance: an oxygen cylinder lift
Montgomery Fire Department: Nomex hoods
Nashwauk Ambulance Service: a stair chair
New Prague Fire Department: a stokes basket
Nodine Fire and Rescue: upgrade to the department’s portable suction unit
Pickwick Fire and Rescue: portable radios
Pipestone Ambulance Association: new pagers
Silver Lake Fire Department: new stretchers and rescue strut equipment
Slayton Fire Department: new pagers
Springfield Community Ambulance: new radios and programming
Spring Grove Fire Department: structural fire boots and helmets
Spring Valley Fire Department: turnout gear
St. Bonifacius Fire Department: hydrogen cyanide monitors and calibration gas, and fire-rescue airlift bags and valves
United Hospital District Ambulance: stretchers, a portable suction unit and fracture kits
Upsala Fire Department: a sked, harnesses, ropes and pulleys
Waldorf Fire and Rescue: turnout gear
Walters Volunteer Firefighters: a gas-powered positive pressure fan and a thermal imaging camera
Watertown Fire Department: a battery-operated positive pressure fan
Waterville Fire Department: sets of personal protective equipment
Wilson Volunteer Fire Department: vest tanks, supply line holders and a fire rake
Winthrop Fire Department: new rolls of hose
Wykoff First Responders: a fixed radio for response unit
Wyoming Fire Department: new pagers
Zumbrota Fire Department: new pagers
Compeer announced a total of 165 grants in October totaling $448,544. The grants will impact the lives of 4,247 first responders and will touch the lives of over 631,360 rural residents.
Since the program was established in 2018, the fund has awarded Emergency Response Equipment Grants to 328 agencies for a total impact of over $898,500.
Compeer intends to offer this grant again in August 2020.
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