Emergency Response Grants Awarded
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Nora Nolden, Communications Consultant
[email protected] or (651) 245-6804
Compeer Financial Awards $746K to Emergency Response Departments
Emergency Response Equipment Grants Awarded to Departments
in Ill., Minn. and Wis.
Sun Prairie, Wis., (October 12, 2022) – Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America, the Farm Credit cooperative’s giving program, has awarded 177 grants as part of their Emergency Response Equipment Program, including 15 new collaboration grants for equipment shared by multiple departments.
Emergency Response Equipment Grants help to offset the cost of equipment that community emergency response departments need to carry out their important work throughout rural America. Additionally, the new Emergency Response Equipment Collaboration Grant highlighted the critical need for teamwork between volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance departments when responding to emergencies.
“We know rural departments often share resources and important pieces of life-saving equipment,” said Karen Schieler, senior corporate giving specialist with Compeer Financial. “The spirit of collaboration is strong for emergency departments across Compeer’s territory and we hope these grants can help impact even more lives. First responders give so much when people are in need, and these tools and resources will help in critical situations.”
The 2022 Emergency Response Equipment Collaboration Grants are for up to $10,000; and will directly impact 41 collaborating departments, 872 department members, 3,239 square miles of coverage and 121,007 residents. This year was the first time this grant was offered.
The departments receiving the Emergency Response Collaboration Grants include:
Illinois
- Manlius Fire Protection District & Sheffield Fire Protection District: battery-operated extrication spreader
- Schuyler County EMS & Schuyler County Rescue Squad: mechanical chest compression system
- Sheridan Community Fire Protection District & Serena Community Fire Protection District: mechanical chest compression system
- Sublette Fire Protection District & West Brooklyn Fire Protection District: mechanical chest compression system
- Toluca-Rutland Fire Protection District, Wenona Fire Protection District, Lostant Fire Protection District & Minonk Fire Protection District: respirator fit testing machine
Minnesota
- Dovray Fire Department & Westbrook Fire Department: battery-operated combination auto extrication spreader and cutter
- Gibbon Fire and Rescue & Green Isle Fire and Rescue: respirator fit testing machine
- Randolph-Hampton Fire Department & Cannon Falls Fire Department: hose tester
- Spring Grove Fire Department, Spring Grove Ambulance & Eitzen Fire Department: stackable airbags for controlled lifting
Wisconsin
- Alma Center Community Fire Department & Merrillan Volunteer Fire Department: battery-operated extrication spreader
- Burnett Fire Department & Horicon Fire Department: extrication ram
- Menomonie Fire Department, Boyceville EMS, Colfax Ambulance & Elmwood EMS: mechanical chest compression system
- Rio Fire Department, Wyocena Fire Department & Doylestown Fire Department: breathing air compressor
- Sharon Fire and Rescue, Darien Fire and EMS Department, Walworth Fire and EMS Department & Medic 391 – Shared Paramedic Ambulance Service: battery-operated combination spreader/cutter extrication tool
- Town of Campbell Fire Department & La Crescent Fire Department: respirator fit testing machine
Additionally, 162 individual departments received Emergency Response Equipment Grants for up to $4,000. Since the program was established in 2018, the Fund has awarded 808 Emergency Response Equipment Grants totaling $2.4 million.
The organizations in Compeer Financial’s territory receiving support from the Emergency Response Equipment Grant Program include:
Illinois
Alexis Fire Protection District: handheld radios, pagers, vests
B.Y.E. Ambulance Service Inc: cardiac-defibrillator monitor
Big Rock Fire Protection District: replacing AEDs
Bloomington Township Fire Protection District: thermal imaging camera
Bowen Fire Protection District: SCBA tanks, flashlights and helmet lights
Buckheart Township Fire Protection District: a portable radio and a truck radio
Carlock Fire Protection District: nozzles
Cedarville Fire Department: battery powered smoke ejector
City of Ottawa Fire Department: forestry hose, nozzles, flappers, brooms and rakes
Colchester Fire Protection District: battery powered hydraulic extrication cutters, spreaders, and a dash ram
Compton Fire Protection District: battery operated positive pressure fan
Creve Coeur Fire Department: AED
Dalzell Fire Protection District: nozzles, hydrant valve, and hose
Deer Creek Protection District: turnout coat, pant, helmet, fire boots, fire resistant hood
Dunlap Fire Protection District: winch system, rope rescue system, thermal imaging camera, and gas multi meter
Elizabeth Community Ambulance Service: vacuum splints and traction splints
Elmwood Fire Department: portable radios
Fairbury Fire Department: multi gas monitor and calibration kit
Farmington Fire Protection District: thermal imager bundle and flashlights
Forman Fire Protection District: wildland gear and helmet
Geneseo Fire Protection District: hoods
German Valley Fire Protection District: portable radios
Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department: thermal imaging camera
Gridley Emergency Medical Service: portable suctions, medication bag, stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs and monitors
Hillsdale Fire Protection District: grain bin rescue auger, LED tower light, battery, chargers
Kaneville Fire Protection District: gas monitors and testing kit
Lena Fire Protection District: respirator fit testing system with bluetooth
Loraine Fire Protection District: hermal imaging cameras
Lyndon Fire Department: vehicle stabilization strut package
M.S.T. Fire Department: handheld radios and pagers
Mendon Fire Protection District: Grain bin rescue equipment: ropes, pulleys, harnesses, and carabiners
Milledgeville Fire Department: radios, batteries, microphones, and chargers
Mt. Morris Fire Protection District: structural turnout gear
Naplate Fire Department: AEDs
Nauvoo Fire Protection District: SCBAs
North Boone Fire District 3: a thermal imager
Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District - Oneida Station: portable radios
Oregon Fire Protection District: rope, pulleys and stokes basket
Osco Fire Department: ground monitor
Polo Fire Protection District: battery powered extrication equipment
Princeton Fire Department: gloves and hoods
Prophetstown Fire Department: truck mounted scene lights
Randolph Township Fire Protection District: stabilizer and mounts to hydraulic spreaders, strut Jacks, glass cutter and chains
Raritan Volunteer Fire Department: handheld thermal imagers
Roanoke Fire Protection District Roanoke Ambulance Department: laptops and covers, battery charger
Salina Township Fire Protection District: air monitoring equipment and calibration equipment
Shabbona Fire Department: radio straps and holsters
Southeast Livingston County Ambulance Service: radios
Stillman Fire Protection District: battery operated extrication combination tool
Stockton Fire Protection District: portable radios
Toluca-Rutland Fire Protection District: portable radios with charging bases and speaker microphones
Village of Dwight EMS: AED, EMS trauma bags, medication bag and supplies
West Point Fire Protection District: new firefighter gear
Minnesota
Albany Fire and Rescue: harness, roping and retrieval equipment
Bricelyn Fire and Ambulance: pagers and a handheld radio
Butterfield Fire Department: structural turnout gear
Chandler Fire Department: new SCBA sets
Cokato Fire Department: turnout gear
Conger Fire Department: SCBA bottles
Cook Area Ambulance Service: pagers
Courtland Rural Fire Association: new pagers
Cromwell-Wright Area Fire District: a thermal imaging camera
Eagle Lake Fire Department: extrication-lifting air bags, controller and hoses kit
Eden Valley Fire and Rescue: boots, EPI pens, and soft cots
Ellendale Fire and Rescue: AED, fire and extrication gloves
Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department: ground monitor, visibility safety vests, LED flashlights
Elrosa Fire and Rescue: pagers
Garrison Fire and Rescue: a patient monitor and extrication gloves
Gibbon Fire and Rescue: fans, hand tools, power tools
Glencoe Fire Department: positive pressure fan
Goodview Fire and Rescue: new bottles for self-contained breathing apparatus
Granada First Responders: AED, pads, child key, replacement batteries, bandages, stop the bleed kits, gloves, roll gauze, quick clot, surgical tape, and wrap
Hills Fire Department: pagers
Houston Community Ambulance Service: chest compression system
Jackson Volunteer Ambulance Service: portable radio and programming
Kilkenny Fire Department: pagers
LeRoy Fire Department: lights, sirens, and radios
Mantorville Fire and Rescue: digital pagers
Mazeppa Fire Department: thermal image camera
Miesville Fire Department: water movement equipment, structural turnout gear and PPE
Minnesota Lake Fire Department: grain rescuing equipment
Murray County Ambulance: pagers and handheld radio
Myrtle Community Fire Department: new turnout gear
New Auburn Fire and Rescue: hose, valve, and nozzles
New Prague Fire Department: extractor for washing turnout gear
New Ulm Fire Department: extrication rescue tools
Odin Fire Department: automatic external defibrillators, CPR electrodes, batteries
Oronoco Fire Department: pagers
Ostrander Rural Fire Department: hose, nozzles and a valve
Pierz Fire Department: portable radio with wire shoulder mount speaker and charging mount
Pine City Fire Department: grain and low angle rescue equipment
Pipestone Ambulance Association: computer docking stations and mounts
Round Lake Volunteer Fire Department: nozzles and a deck gun
Shafer Franconia Fire and Rescue: new pagers
Spring Grove Fire Department: hoods and fire gloves
Spring Valley Area Ambulance: radios and charging stations
St. Charles Ambulance Service: wireless router, antenna, mounting brackets and installation
St. Martin Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department: portable pump
Upsala First Response Team-EMS: reusable triage tarps, sharps containers, patient transporter, transport chair, airway support straps, suction canister, gloves, I-Gel bag, thermometer, band-aids, suction cups, caution tape, alcohol prep pads, splints, and bandages
Waldorf Fire and Rescue: hose and fittings
Walters Volunteer Fire Department: new helmets
Watertown Fire Department: mobile radios
Wilson Volunteer Fire Department: new masks and straps for SCBAs
Windom Volunteer Fire Department: drop tank liners
Winnebago Fire Department: new sets of turnout gear
Winsted Fire Department: grain bin rescue auger and drill kit
Zumbrota Area Ambulance: a portable radio
Zumbrota Fire Department: new air bottles for self-contained breathing apparatus packs
Wisconsin
Allenton Volunteer Fire Department: hose, high angle rescue equipment; pullies, anchor plates, carabiners
Arcadia Ambulance Service: pagers
Barnes Fire Department: car fire blanket
Barneveld Area Rescue Squad: helmet lamps, patient lifting kit, suction unit
Bear Lake-Haugen Fire Department: CO detectors, structural firefighting gloves
Blanchardville Fire Department: positive pressure fan
Boyd-Edson-Delmar Rural Fire District: supply, fill oxygen manifold
Brandon Fairwater Fire Department: new sets of turnout gear
Brodhead Area Emergency Medical Services: mobile radios, hand-held portable radios with shoulder mic
Burnett Fire Department: firefighter turnout gear
Cambridge Volunteer Fire Department: mobile and portable radio upgrades
Colfax Rescue: pagers
Cornell Area Fire Department: portable radios
Darien Fire-EMS Department: emergency scene signs, traffic safety vests, lighted traffic safety cones, traffic control signs
Eldorado Volunteer Fire Department: supply hose, coupling, fire attack hose
Elkhart Lake First Responders: EMT bags
Evansville Fire Protection District: circular saw and blades
Fall River Fire Department: turnout gear
Farmington Volunteer Fire Department: LED emergency scene lighting systems
Friesland Fire Department: new pagers
Glenwood City Ambulance: AED
Gratiot Fire Department: grain bin rescue equipment
Harrison Fire Rescue: portable scene lights
Herbster Volunteer Fire Department: SCBA
Hollandale Fire Department: positive pressure ventilation fan
Iron Ridge Fire Department: structural fire gloves, extrication gloves, hoods
Kohlsville Volunteer Fire Company: extractor and gear dryer
Lebanon Fire Department: pagers with a battery and charger
Livingston-Clifton Fire Department: turnout gear
Loganville Area Fire Department: SCBA facepieces
Lund Fire Department: grain bin rescue system
Melrose Fire Department: hose
Milltown Community Fire Association: thermal imaging camera
Montello Joint Fire District: hose
Omro-Rushford Fire Department: air compressor and wildland fire pump
Osseo Rural Fire District: thermal imaging cameras
Platteville Fire Department Inc: hydrant valves
Poplar Volunteer Fire Department: manifold and hoses
Prairie du Sac Volunteer Fire Department: portable radio and pagers
Princeton Volunteer Fire and Rescue: gear and equipment dryer
Richland Center Fire Department: gas meter, incident command boards
Rusk County Ambulance: EMR bags and equipment
Sheldon Fire Protection District: ice rescue suits, PFD, helmet, headlamp, rescue throw bag, rescue awls, ice cleats, command board, and accountability tags
South Shore EMS: pagers, radio batteries, and computer with docking station
Stoddard Bergen Volunteer Fire Department: nozzles
Town of Burlington Volunteer Fire Department: portable tower light charger kits, tool combo kits
Town of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department: rescue air bags
Tri Community Fire Department: portable radios
Village of Saukville Fire Department: safety vests, suction units
Waumandee Montana Lincoln Fire Department: grain bin rescue system, platform, step and pipe, grain bin auger, and power unit
Wauzeka First Responders: blood pressure monitor, carrying case, rescue throw ropes
Westfield Fire Department: firefighting boots
Wilton Volunteer Fire Department: structural fire turnout gear
Wonewoc Fire and Ambulance: hose
The Fund intends to offer both of these grants again in August 2023.
About the Fund for Rural America
The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America is the corporate giving program of Compeer Financial, structured to support Compeer Financial’s mission to enrich agriculture and rural America. Compeer Financial’s Board of Directors has dedicated one percent of annual net earnings to support the Fund’s focus areas of agricultural advocacy and development, agriculture education, cooperative initiatives, rural development and community enrichment; and youth engagement. The Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees, made up of team members from Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin and members of the Compeer Financial Board of Directors. More information about opportunities available through the Fund can be found at Compeer.com/giving-back.
About Compeer Financial
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural communities. The $27.3 billion organization provides loans, leases, risk management and other financial services throughout 144 counties in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Based in the Upper Midwest, Compeer Financial exists to champion the hopes and dreams of rural America, while providing personalized service and expertise to clients and the agriculture industry.
Compeer Financial is the third largest cooperative of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of lending institutions supporting agriculture and rural communities with reliable, consistent credit and financial services. Learn more about Compeer Financial.
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