Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Over $96,000 will be shared by over 90 Illinois fire departments through Illinois American Water’s 2022 Firefighter Grant Program. Since the program was created in 2010, more than 860 grants totaling over $856,000 have been awarded to fire and emergency organizations serving customers in Illinois American Water’s service area.

Illinois American Water’s Firefighter Grant Program awards funds to provide personal protective gear, communications equipment, firefighting tools, water handling equipment, training materials, and classroom programs.

In northern Illinois, Illinois American Water is providing grants to the following fire departments:

  • Bolingbrook Fire Department
  • Des Plaines Fire Department
  • Elmhurst Fire Department
  • Elgin Fire Department
  • Homer Township Fire Protection District
  • Lemont Fire Protection District
  • Lisle-Woodridge Fire District
  • Lombard Fire Department
  • Mount Prospect Fire Department
  • Northwest Homer Fire Protection District
  • Oswego Fire Protection District
  • Plainfield Fire Protection District
  • Prospect Heights Fire Protection District
  • Rockton Fire Protection District
  • Romeoville Fire Department
  • Warrenville Fire Protection District
  • Sterling Fire Department
  • Allen Township Fire Protection District
  • Grand Ridge Fire Department
  • Leonore Fire Department
  • Long Point Fire Department
  • Reading Fire Department
  • Streator Fire Department