Imperial County Fire Department
Rural Development is helping the Imperial County Fire Department with three Community Facilities grants for their Heber, Seely and Palo Verde stations. These projects will help the department purchase new thermal imaging cameras for each of the three stations.
Thermal imaging equipment will increase firefighter safety when responding to structural fire emergencies. It allows firefighters to determine if an unsafe or hazardous condition exists prior to entering a building, and will help prevent unnecessary firefighter injuries and deaths.
USDA Rural Development provided a total of $18,450 in grants and the department is leveraging these funds with $10,350 of their own funds.
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11:49AM Oct 20, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
County of Madera – Fire Department, Oakhurst Station
Rural Development is helping the Madera County Fire Department with a $54,375 Community Facilities grant. These funds will be used to purchase 12 new sets of structural firefighter safety clothing and a fully equipped command vehicle for the department’s Oakhurst station
The existing fire protection equipment does not meet the State’s fire safety code requirements, and must be replaced. The station’s current command vehicle is ten years old and in its deteriorating condition it has become a safety concern. Oakhurst is an unincorporated community of 2,868 located in Madera County.
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01:29PM Oct 19, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
County of Madera – Fire Department
Rural Development is helping the Madera County Fire Department with two Community Facilities grants totaling $37,125. These projects will purchase 12 new sets of structural firefighter safety clothing for the department’s Parksdale station and 25 new sets for the Fairmead Station.
The department’s current fire protection equipment does not meet the State’s fire safety code requirements, and must be replaced.
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01:22PM Oct 19, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
McCloud Volunteer Fire Department
Rural Development is helping McCloud Volunteer Fire Department with $6,930 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase seven full sets of turnouts for firefighters. This protective clothing and gear will be replace some of the badly worn gear they are currently using. The department is leveraging this grant with $8,470 in funds.
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11:22AM Sep 22, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
Cloverdale Fire Protection District
Rural Development is helping the Cloverdale Fire Protection District with a $89,081 Community Facilities grant. The district’s current fire station is an unreinforced masonry building that is not seismically safe, and a new fire station is under construction. However, the district does not have sufficient funds to pay for all the necessary equipment to properly outfit the new fire station.
This project will help purchase an air compressor for breathing apparatus equipment, 10 sets of turnouts for volunteer firefighters and storage racks for the new gear. Cloverdale Fire Protection District is leveraging this grant with $504,792 in other funds.
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04:36PM Sep 21, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
Fort Jones Volunteer Fire Department
Rural Development is helping the Fort Jones Volunteer Fire Department with a $9,948 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase five turnouts for firefighters. This protective clothing and gear will be replace some of the badly worn gear the firefighters are currently using. A few other pieces of equipment including hoses and a ladder will also be purchased with these funds. This grant is being matched with $3,316 from the Department.
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04:09PM Sep 18, 2009
by Sarah Pursley in USDA Web Site |
City of Firebaugh – Fire Department
Rural Development will help the City of Firebaugh with a $27,500 Community Facilities grant. This project will help build a pumper trailer with an emergency light tower for the fire department. This portable pumper will allow the fire department to keep a pump at a fire for an extended period of time but free up the fire engine to respond to other emergency calls. The pumper trailer will be built using a diesel engine and pump from an old fire engine that has been retired from use. The light tower will also be used to illuminate emergency scenes.
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09:00PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Sierra City Volunteer Fire District
Rural Development is helping Sierra City Volunteer Fire District with a $41,000 loan and $192,250 grant through our Community Facilities program. This project will help purchase a new fire truck with a 500 gallon water tank as well as update the city’s community center. The new truck will replace the city’s existing 1973 pumper truck. The existing equipment does not meet NFPA standards and in some cases marginally meets minimum operational safety standards. Repairs to the community center are important since this is the designated disaster center for Sierra City.
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08:02PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Woodlake Fire Protection District
Rural Development is helping Woodlake Fire Protection District with a $120,000 loan and $50,000 grant through our Community Facilities program. This project will help the district purchase a new fire truck equipped with medical and extrication equipment.
The community of 6,600 does not have ambulance service, so the district responds to all medical emergency calls in addition to providing fire service.
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07:53PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Fresno County Fire Protection District – Parlier Station
Rural Development is helping the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $37,840 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Parlier Station, and will replace the out of date equipment they are currently using.
In addition to this grant, Fresno County Fire Protection District received three other grants for their stations in Mendota, Huron and Del Rey.
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07:47PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Fresno County Fire Protection District – Mendota Station
Rural Development will help the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $45,050 Community Faciliites grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Mendota Station to replace the existing, out of date equipment.
In addition to this grant, the Fresno County Fire Protection District received three other grants to purchase equipment for their Parlier, Huron and Del Rey Stations.
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07:42PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Fresno County Fire Protection District – Huron Station
Rural Development will help the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $30,200 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Huron Station to replace the existing out of date equipment.
In addition to this grant, Fresno County Fire Protection District also received three other grants to purchase equipment for their Mendota, Parlier and Del Rey Stations.
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07:38PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
Fresno County Fire Protection District – Del Rey Station
Rural Development will help the Fresno County Fire Protection District with a $44,880 Community Facilities grant. This project will purchase new breathing apparatus equipment for firefighters at the Del Rey Station to replace the existing out of date equipment.
In addition to this grant, the Fresno County Fire Protection District received three other grants to purchase equipment for their Mendota, Huron and Parlier Stations.
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07:35PM Jul 17, 2009
by Gayle Turner in USDA Web Site |
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