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Illinois Valley fire departments receive more than $160K in grants from state fire marshal · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley fire departments received more than one hundred and
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  sixty thousand dollars in grants from State Fire Marshal. Written
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  by Kevin Solari, this article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Illinois Valley fire
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  departments are set to receive more than one hundred sixty
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  thousand dollars in grants, the Office of the Illinois State
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  Fire Marshal announced Thursday. As part of the twenty twenty
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  six Small Equipment Grant Program, a total of six million
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  dollars was awarded to two hundred and sixty fire departments, districts,
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  and EMS providers across the state. The program was established
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  to provide grants of up to twenty six thousand dollars
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  each for the purchase of small firefighting and ambulance equipment.
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  Six fire departments in LaSalle County and the Cherry Fire
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  Protection District in Bureau County were awarded grants. It is
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  essential to our first responders have the funding and equipment
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  they need to serve their communities, said Governor J. B.
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  Pritzker said in the news release. I am proud to
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  support our brave firefighters and EMSN providers, and this state
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  program helps deliver vital resources to emergency service departments across Illinois.
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  This program aims to allow eligible applicants the opportunity to
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  purchase small equipment that they may otherwise not be able
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  to purchase. The OSFM received three fifty five applications requesting
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  around eight point one million dollars in funding for this
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  grant period. The Small Equipment Grant program is a vital
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  resource that helps fire departments and EMS providers acquire essential
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  tools and equipment they might otherwise be unable to afford,
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  said Illinois State Fire Marshall Michel Pancow said in the release.
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  As we travel throughout Illinois, we consistently hear about the
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  challenges departments face and the critical needs that exist in
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  their communities. The OSFM remains committed to supporting our first
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  responders by investing in programs like this that strengthen their capabilities,
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  enhance public safety, and ensure they have the resources needed
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  to serve and protect the people of Illinois. Most Illinois
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  fire departments, fire protection districts, township fire departments, and standalone
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  nonprofit ambulance service providers were eligible to apply. According to
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  the release, all fire departments, fire protection districts, and township
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  fire department. Applicants were required to participate in the National
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  Fire Incident Reporting System and National Emergency Response Information System
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  for a minimum of two years before applying. The local
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  fire departments that received grants are listed below. Bureau Cherry
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  Fire Protection District twenty five seven hundred dollars, lasal Na
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  Plate Fire Department twenty six thousand dollars, Yutica Community Fire
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  Protection District twenty six thousand dollars, time IMCA Volunteer Fire
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  Department eighteen thousand, eight hundred dollars, Sheridan Community Fire Protection
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  District twenty thousand, one hundred and sixty dollars, Oglesby Fire
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  Department twenty four thousand dollars, Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department
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  twenty thousand dollars