Excerpts fromwifr.com:
More than 20 northern Illinois fire departments will receive a grant as part of Illinois American Water’s firefighter grant program. Illinois American Water will award more than $77,000 in grants to 78 fire departments across the state.
The grants were announced during National Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 7-13 and will provide personal protective gear, communications equipment, and additional resources for firefighters.
The northern Illinois fire departments receiving grants include:
- Allen Township Fire Protection District
- Des Plaines Fire Department
- Elmhurst Fire Department
- Elgin Fire Department
- Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department
- Homer Township Fire Protection District
- Lemont Fire Protection District
- Leonore Volunteer Fire Department
- Lisle?Woodridge Fire District
- Long Point Community Volunteer Fire Protection District
- Mount Prospect Fire Department
- Northwest Homer Fire Protection District
- Orland Fire Protection District
- Oswego Fire Protection District
- Plainfield Fire Protection District
- Prospect Heights Fire Protection District
- Reading Volunteer Fire Department
- South Beloit Fire & Rescue, Sterling Fire Department
- Streator Fire Department
- Warrenville Fire Protection District