Emergency Response Grants Awarded Home > Press Releases > October 2020 > Emergency Response Grants Awarded Share: For Immediate Release Contact: Nora Nolden, Communications Consultant [email protected] or (651) 245-6804 Compeer Financial Awards $450K to Emergency Response Departments 163 Emergency Response Grants Awarded in IL, MN and WI Sun Prairie, Wis., (October 6, 2020) – Compeer Financial’s Fund for Rural America, the Farm Credit cooperative’s giving program, has awarded 163 grants as part of their Emergency Response Equipment Program, totaling $450,134. Emergency Response Equipment Grants help to offset the cost of equipment that community emergency response departments need to carry out their important work throughout rural America. 54 of these grants, totaling $144,166 were for COVID-19 related response needs. These grants will directly impact the lives of 4,333 people and will touch the lives of over 1 million rural residents. “The Emergency Response Equipment Grant Program allows Compeer to enrich these rural communities and potentially save lives by helping to provide essential equipment that first responders need to do their jobs,” said Karen Schieler, Senior Corporate Giving Specialist. “COVID-19 continues to impact rural communities, and making sure first responders are equipped to respond safely was an important part of this grant cycle. We are proud to partner with these vital organizations for these variety of needs.” Since the program was established in 2018, the Fund has awarded Emergency Response Equipment Grants to 492 agencies for a total impact of over $1.3 million. The Fund intends to offer this grant again in August 2021 to provide funding for late 2021. The 163 organizations in Compeer Financial’s territory receiving support from the Emergency Response Equipment Grant Program include: Illinois Apple River Fire Department: for a grain bin rescue system and related training Beecher Fire Protection District: for tactical responder hi-vis parkas with blood borne pathogen protection Brown County Ambulance Service: for Automated External Defibrillators Browning Fire Department: for pagers Bureau Fire Protection District: for grain bin rescue equipment - stokes basket with harness, rope rescue kit, harness, ropes, carabiners, ascenders, straps, pulleys and webbing Cameron Fire Department: for surgical masks, N95 masks, gloves, disposable gowns, and thermal cameras Chillicothe Community Fire Protection District: for aluminum house number signs Crete Fire Protection District: for thermal imaging cameras East Galesburg Volunteer Fire Department: for a generator, sawzall, 5-gas meter, and auto extraction gloves Easton Rural Fire Protection District: for bunker gear Erie Fire Protection District: for a gear washing system Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District: for a gear extractor FSW Fire Protection District: for a gear washer Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District: for portable radios, halligan tools and axes Griggsville Fire Department: for sanitizer and dispenser, masks, gloves, gear wash, fogger with solution, thermometers, and UV light Leaf River Fire Protection District: for portable radios LeRoy Emergency Ambulance Service Inc.: for UV lights and UV glasses MABAS Division 25 Swift Water Rescue Team: for dry suits Manteno Community Fire Protection District: for rescue evac bags, rescue helmets, helmet lights, harnesses, and rescue gloves Marseilles Fire Protection District: for backpack blowers, firefighter boots and wildland fire jackets Mazon Verona Kinsman Rescue Squad District: for a light bar for the ambulance Mount Carroll Fire Protection District: for portable radios and a thermal imaging camera Mount Sterling Fire Department - Brown County Fire Protection District: for a headset intercom system for the fire engine Polo Fire Protection District: for new computers Pontiac Fire Department: for personal protective equipment for new members Reading Fire Department: for medical equipment and turnout gear Reynolds Fire Protection District: for new turnout gear Rockton Fire Protection District: for new cardiac monitors Sandwich Fire Department: for landing zone kits Schuyler Fire District: for gloves and gas leak detector Sheridan Community Fire Protection District: for gloves, masks, disposable lifter sheets, gowns, and face shields Smithfield Fire Protection District: for pagers and radios Somonauk Fire Protection District: for full face piece respirators Timber-Hollis Fire Protection District: formulti-gas detectors Washburn Fire Department: for SCBA masks and hoods Wenona Fire Protection District: for boots Wonder Lake Fire Protection District: for protective gear Minnesota Adams Area Ambulance Service: for a defibrillator monitor Alden Volunteer Fire Department: for SCBA bottles Balsam Township Volunteer Fire Department: for personal protective equipment Blue Earth Fire and Rescue: for a battery powered positive pressure fan Brainerd Fire Department: for personal protective equipment heat protection and flame resistant firefighting hoods Brownsdale Volunteer Fire Department: for structural firefighting turnout gear Buffalo Fire Department: for pagers Buffalo Lake Ambulance: for PPE and sanitization equipment Caledonia Ambulance Service: for tables and chairs for training department and EKG generator Chain of Lakes Fire and Rescue District: for pagers City of Victoria Fire Department: for reusable isolation gowns City of Winnebago: for an EKG machines Deerwood Fire Department: for SCBA bottles Delavan Fire Department: for radios Elysian Fire Department: for turnout gear Frost Fire Department: for accountability tags Fulda Community Ambulance Association: for a washer and dryer, water softener and storage containers Garvin Fire Department: for fire coat and bunker pant set Gaylord Ambulance: for N95 masks, surgical masks, gloves, sneeze guards, face shields, disinfectant and hi visibility vests Glenville Fire Department: for structural turnout gear sets Grand Lake Fire Department: for medical bags, glucometers, and SPCO monitor Grand Meadow Area Ambulance: for wireless gateways Green Isle Fire and Rescue: for a gear dryer Hayfield Community Ambulance: for cleaning supplies, N95 and surgical masks Henderson Fire Department: for masks, gowns, eye protection, gloves and fire fighter gear Holland 1st Responders: for gas monitors, face shields, masks, gloves, aprons, safety vests, and road flares Jordan Fire Department: for a rescue boat Kiester Fire Department: for turnout gear Lakefield Fire Department: for a portable heavy duty air bag kit Le Center Fire Department: for turnout gear LeRoy Area Ambulance: for COVID-related supplies and radio equipment Lester Prairie Fire Department: for battery operated blowers, battery operated angle grinder, set of hand tools and storage chest, and portable LED scene lights LeSueur Fire Department: for a battery operated heat transfer fan Lewiston Ambulance: for a stair chair Linwood Fire Department: for a portable turnout gear dryer Lismore Fire and Rescue: for pagers and radio Maple Lake Fire - Ambulance: for SCBA respirator and cartridges Melrose Fire Department: for handheld radios Minnesota City Fire and Rescue: for turnout gear MLMB 1st Response Team: for a Zoll AED, epi pens, Narcan, tourniquets, and emergency airway and PPE Montrose Fire Department: for traffic safety equipment: cones, stop-slow signs; water rescue equipment: throw ropes, life jackets, and misc rescue equip; medical response equipment: personal protection equipment and first aid medical equipment supplies Normanna Volunteer Fire Department: for medical equipment, bags, supplies, and safety vests North Star Township Fire and EMS: for turnout gearand fire hose Norwood Young America Fire Department: for medical response suits Okabena Fire Department: for fire hoses Ormsby Fire Department: for nozzles Rockville Volunteer Fire Department: for an off-road utility vehicle Rushford Community Ambulance: for a power load mechanism for a cot Saint Clair Fire Department: for a thermal imaging camera Sauk Centre Fire Department : for air bags South Aitkin First Responders: for masks, gloves, face shields, sanitizer, training mannequin and other training equipment Spring Grove Ambulance Inc: for N95s, surgical masks, face shields, gowns, no touch thermometer, UV cleaning light, gloves, goggles, hand sanitizer, and bleach Springfield Volunteer Fire Department: for handheld radios St. Charles Fire and Rescue: for a ladder and canopy tent St. Louis County Volunteer Rescue Squad: for swift-water rescue kits Tower Area Ambulance Service: for a Capnography unit Truman Fire and Rescue: for helmets Walnut Grove Fire Department: for helmets, boots, coat and bunker pants Wisconsin Ada Fire Department: for portable scene lights Allied Emergency Services Inc: for a personal protective gear dryer Augusta Bridge Creek Fire Department: for backboards, foam splints, tape and other medical supplies Baraboo Fire Department: for swift water rescue equipment Birchwood Four Corners Emergency Services District: for powered air purifying respirators and filters Bloomer Community Ambulance: for a cardiac monitor Bloomington Fire Department: for turnout gear Blue River Fire Department: for a combination extrication tool Boyceville Community Ambulance District: for a portable suction unit Boyceville Community Fire District: for a positive pressure ventilation fan Browntown, Cadiz, Jordan Fire District: for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus tanks Campbellsport Volunteer Fire Department: for an automated external defibrillator Cashton Area Fire Protection District: for turnout gear Cassville Fire and Rescue Inc: for extrication equipment Cataract First Responders: for grain bin rescue equipment Chilton Fire Department: for wireless tablets Chippewa Fire District: for airbags and associated equipment Dane County EMS District 14: for sanitation equipment Deerfield Volunteer Fire Department: for extrication equipment Dodgeville Fire Department: for flame resistance masks with filtration and sanitizing misting machine Doylestown Fire Department: for high-visibility vests, LED blinking stop-slow paddles, and auto-crib jacks Eldorado Emergency Medical Responders: for pagers Elmwood Area Ambulance Service: for radios Genoa Harmony Fire Department: for face masks, face shields, gowns, goggles, touchless thermometers, respirators and sanitizing agents Glenwood City Fire Department: for helmets Grand View Volunteer Fire Department: for a generator Grantsburg Fire Department Inc: for a first responder bag Greenbush Fire Department: for pagers and chargers Hazel Green Fire Department: for snap-on respirators and face masks Highland Volunteer Fire Department: for anti-exposure suits, flashlights and jackets Hollandale First Responders: for a stair chair and scoop stretcher Howards Grove Fire Department: for a combination rescue tool Independence Fire Department: for air packs Kiel Fire Department: for a fire pump skid Lancaster EMS Inc: for CAPR devices with blower, charger, filter, and battery Lomira Fire Department: for agear dryer Lone Rock Rescue: for disposable transport blankets, a UV light, non-disposable half-piece respirators and filters, and disposable plastic isolation gowns Mayville EMS: for a Nitronox unit Menomonie Fire Department: for structure fire helmets Municipal Ambulance Service dba Amery Area EMS: for an IV pump Muscoda EMS : for AEDs Neosho Fire Department: for an AED, first responder jump bag, and decontamination equipment New Chester Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated: for an oximeter, and an O2 tank with regulator and bag Newburg Fire Department: for cleaning supplies, boots, and jumpsuits Oakdale Area Fire Association: for UVC-LED handheld sterilizer wands Oakfield Fire Department and EMS: for pagers Osceola Fire and Rescue: for structure helmets, hoods, and structural fire armor Potosi Rescue Squad Inc: for powered air purifying respirators, hoods and filters Poynette-Dekorra EMS: for a UV light system Prairie Farm - Sheridan Fire Department: for a dump tank Reeseville Fire Department: for a stokes basket, a saw, batteries and blades Ridgeway Fire Department: for hand held radios, a suction machine, and turnout gear Roberts-Warren Fire Department: for defibrillators Seneca Township Fire Department: for a trailer Shell Lake Fire Association: for ropes and grain bin rescue equipment Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department: for pagers Theresa Fire Department: for a gas meter and hydrogen cyanide meters Town of Nekimi Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders: for wild land firefighter personal protective equipment Town of Newton Volunteer Fire Department: for PPE for new members Tri County Ambulance Service: for full face respirators Wascott Volunteer Fire Department: for pagers and GPS units Waupun Fire Department: for Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus masks and electrostatic sprayer Wauzeka Fire Department: for ice rescue suits Webster Volunteer Fire Department: for a mobile hose testing machine Western Buffalo County Ambulance Service: for a chest compression system Whitehall Town of Lincoln Fire Department: for LED stop-slow signs and LED flashlights Wilton Ambulance Service: for a blood pressure monitor Wyocena Bureau of Fire: for turnout gear, helmets and pagers About the Fund for Rural America The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America is the corporate giving program of Compeer Financial, structured to support Compeer Financial’s mission to enrich agriculture and rural America. Compeer Financial’s Board of Directors has dedicated one percent of annual net earnings to support the Fund’s focus areas of agricultural advocacy and development, agriculture education, cooperative initiatives, rural development and community enrichment; and youth engagement. The Fund is managed by a Board of Trustees, made up of team members from Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin and members of the Compeer Financial Board of Directors. More information about opportunities available through the Fund can be found at Compeer.com/giving-back. About Compeer Financial Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural communities. The $23.4 billion organization provides loans, leases, risk management and other financial services throughout 144 counties in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Based in the Upper Midwest, Compeer Financial exists to champion the hopes and dreams of rural America, while providing personalized service and expertise to clients and the agriculture industry. Compeer Financial is the third largest cooperative of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of lending institutions supporting agriculture and rural communities with reliable, consistent credit and financial services. Learn more about Compeer Financial. -30-