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Supporting Firefighters is Our Heritage
 Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a premier property and casualty insurance company, was founded in 1863 with a mission to give a percentage of its profits to the fire service. It was a good idea then, and it’s a great idea now—because fire departments are being asked to do more than ever before.
Today, we continue our founding mission through the Fireman’s Fund HeritageSM program, which provides millions of dollars in grants each year to support the fire service.
Heritage Goes Grassroots
Although our Heritage program began as a series of large regional grants, individual fire departments and fire and burn prevention organizations across the nation are now eligible for grants and volunteer support on a year-round basis.
Fireman’s Fund Heritage is about helping to better protect the communities where our agents, our policyholders, and our employees live and work. Although the program is national in scope, it is designed to work at the community level. By directly supporting local fire departments and non-profit groups, we help create programs that are customized to the specific fire safety and prevention needs of a community.
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How Grants Are Awarded
Grants are awarded for the purchase of equipment, fire prevention tools, firefighter training, fire safety education and community emergency response programs. Through the program, Fireman’s Fund employees and independent agents nationwide submit grant nominations and are offered opportunities to volunteer with their local fire departments.
Agents who offer Fireman’s Fund’s products and services can direct grants to fire departments in the communities where they do business. Grants start at $5,000, and are based on the growth of an agency's business with Fireman’s Fund. This issue contains the story of one agent who took part in the grant process, directing an award to a fire department with a lean budget in California.
Fireman’s Fund employees also nominate fire departments and fire service organizations for grants. We’ll tell you more about that process in our next issue of the Fireman’s Fund Heritage eNewsletter.
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Grants in Brief |
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Our agents have nominated fire departments from coast to coast this year. Congratulations to the most recent grant recipients:
Arizona
- City of Tolleson Fire Department, Tolleson, Ariz. — $12,115 for "head to toe" bunker gear and SCBAs
California
- Los Angeles City Fire Department #37, Los Angeles, Calif. — $9,000 for computer and A/V equipment and fitness equipment
- Rancho Adobe Fire Department, Rancho Adobe, Calif. — $11,100 for a thermal imaging camera
- Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, Rohnert Park, Calif. — $18,500 for fire shelters
- San Luis Obispo City Fire Department, San Luis Obispo, Calif. — $11,884 for EMS jackets
- Southern Marin Fire Department, Mill Valley, Calif. — $12,200 for a thermal imaging camera
Minnesota
- Lakeville Fire Department, Lakeville, Minnesota — $8,000 for an arson investigation trailer
- Medicine Lake Fire Department, Medicine Lake, Minnesota — $10,000 for a used fire truck
New Jersey
- Robertsville Volunteer Fire Department, Robertsville, New Jersey — $5,050 for portable radios and a charger
Texas
- Lubbock Fire Department, Lubbock, Tex. — $10,000 for a portable fire extinguisher training device
A list of grants (pdf)
is available at www.firemansfund.com/heritage.
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