Illinois American Water awards approximately $70,200 through
Firefighter Grant program
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[June 14, 2012]
BELLEVILLE -- Approximately $70,200
will be awarded to 65 fire departments across the state through
Illinois American Water’s 2012 Firefighter Grant program. Lincoln
Fire Department and Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District are among
the grant recipients.
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The program was created in 2010 to provide financial assistance to
fire and emergency organizations serving customers in Illinois
American Water’s service area. The program has resulted in 148
grants totaling approximately $173,000 awarded across the state.
"We are committed to supporting our local fire departments," said
Karla Olson Teasley, president of Illinois American Water. "This
program enables us to further support fire protection in the
communities we serve and partner with our local firefighters."
The program awards grants up to $1,500 to provide personal
protective gear, communications equipment, firefighting tools, water
handling equipment, training materials and classroom programs.
Illinois American Water is presenting grants to the following
Illinois fire departments:
Northern Illinois:
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Des Plaines Fire
Department
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Elgin Fire Department
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Elmhurst Fire
Department
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Homer Township Fire
Protection District
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Lemont Fire
Protection District
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Morris Fire
Protection District
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Mount Prospect Fire
Department
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Northwest Homer Fire
Protection District
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Orland Fire
Protection District
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Oswego Fire
Protection District
-
Plainfield Fire
Protection District
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Prospect Heights Fire
Protection District
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South Beloit Fire and
Rescue
-
Sterling Fire
Department
-
Streator Fire
Department
-
Dana Fire Protection
District
-
Grand Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department Inc.
-
Long Point Community
Volunteer Fire Protection District
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Reading Volunteer Fire Department
Central Illinois:
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Edge-Scott Fire
Protection District
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St. Joseph--Stanton
Fire Protection District
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Tolono Fire
Protection District
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Urbana Fire Rescue
Services
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Tuscola Fire
Department
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Lincoln Fire
Department
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Lincoln Rural Fire
Protection District
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Cincinnati Fire
Protection District
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Pekin Fire Department
-
Dunlap Fire
Protection District
-
Limestone Township
Fire Protection
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Logan-Trivoli Fire
Protection District
-
Tuscarora Fire
Department
-
Peoria Fire
Department
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West Peoria Fire
Protection District
-
Pontiac Fire & Rescue
-
Saunemin Fire Protection District
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Southern Illinois:
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Alton Fire Department
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Godfrey Fire
Protection District
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QEM Fire Protection
District
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Holiday Shores Fire
Department
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Cairo Fire Department
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Cairo Auxiliary Fire
Department
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Belleville Fire
Department
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Columbia Fire
Protection District
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Church Road Fire
Protection District
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East St. Louis Fire
Department
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East Side Fire
Protection District
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Fairmont City Fire
Department
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Fairview Caseyville
Township FP District
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French Village Fire
Department
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Granite City Fire
Department
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Hamel Community
Volunteer Fire Protection District
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Long Lake Volunteer
Fire Department
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Madison Fire
Department
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Mascoutah Fire
Department
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Millstadt Union
FD/Millstadt FPD
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Mitchell Fire
Department
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Northwest St Clair
County Fire Protection District
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O'Fallon Fire
Department
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Sauget Fire
Department
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Signal Hill Fire
Department
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St. Louis Downtown
Airport Fire Department
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Swansea Fire
Department
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Villa Hills Volunteer
Fire Department
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Waterloo Fire Department
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Illinois American Water,
a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the
largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing
high-quality, reliable water or wastewater services to more than 1.2
million people. American Water also operates a customer service
center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in
Belleville.
[Text from file received from
Illinois American Water] |