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Company Receives $5,000.00
Grant from Land O'Lakes Foundation |
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8/17/2009 - Today the
company received a $5,000.00 grant check from the
Land O'Lakes Foundation Grant Program.
We will be purchasing a new
Holmatro Hydraulic Rescue 4055NCT Cutter.
The new cutters are the most powerful hydraulic rescue cutting tool on the
market with over 228,000 lbs of cutting force and almost 9 inches of cutting
room between the blades. Today vehicles are manufactured with high
strength boron & mirco-alloy metals to meet tougher vehicle safety
standards. The new cutters will be replacing our original cutters
purchased in 1986 that can not cut today's metals. The cutters were
purchased from
ESI Equipment Inc. & salesman/PA DOH VRT instructor Jim Lingg.
Special thanks to Land O'Lakes representative Jim Hassinger of Quarryville
for submitting the application for us. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Grant for Misc. Fire Equipment |
| 1/20/2009
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $10,287.19 grant from the
Office of the PA
State Fire Commissioner through
the VFCVASGP (Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant
Program). The
grant will be used to purchase 2 new MSA Altair 4 gas meters, safety vests,
flashlights, safety cones, hydraram forcible entry tool, tripod lights, gear
dryer and chevron striping for the apparatus. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives
1675 Ware Foundation Grant |
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2/27/2008 - The
1675 Ware
Foundation has pledged an additional $45,000 to the Company for a
total of $49,106.40 towards the new tanker purchase. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Another Farm Safety Training Grant |
| 2/9/2008
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Bart Twp Fire Company received another $2,500.00 grant
from the
PA Department of Agriculture, (FSOH) Farm Safety and
Occupational Health Program. The $2,500.00 grant will be a
continuation of last years grant. It allows for 25 members to continue
in the
Penn State University Managing Agricultural Emergency
Training Series.
The 3rd class in the series is entitled
Managing Farm Machinery Entanglements. Members will be extricating victims
from farm machinery such as pickers, bailers, crimpers etc. Special
thanks to Eric Rickenbach of
RescueTechs.com for teaching the classes
and providing grant assistance. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives 1675 Ware Foundation Grant |
| 1/19/2008
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $4,106.40 grant from the
1675 Ware
Foundation. This grant money will be put fourth to help
with the purchase of our new tanker. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Grant for New Tanker Equipment |
| 1/16/2008
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $19,228.76 grant from the
Office of the PA
State Fire Commissioner through
the VFCVASGP (Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant
Program). The
grant will be used to purchase new hand tools, fire extinguishers, nozzles,
hoses and other misc. equipment for our new tanker. Also included,
Engine 5-1-1 will be getting an
Iron Compass On Scene Explorer Mapping System.
The system has a complete map of Lancaster and surrounding counties and will
enable us to install our fire preplans into the laptop. The laptop
also includes a GPS system.
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Wal-Mart Grant |
| 11/12/2007
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $1,000.00 grant from the
Wal-Mart Corporate Giving Foundation.
The grant will go towards purchasing hand tools for the new tanker. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Farm Safety Training Grant |
| 2/9/2007
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $2,500.00 grant from the
PA Department of Agriculture, (FSOH) Farm Safety and
Occupational Health Program. The $2,500.00 grant will be used to
train 25 members in the
Penn State University Managing Agricultural Emergency
Training Series. The members will take the first 2 courses
in the series, Introduction to Farm Emergencies and Managing Tractor
Rollovers. Special thanks to Eric Rickenbach of
RescueTechs.com for teaching
the classes and providing grant assistance. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co. Receives Grant
for Exhaust System
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November 24th, 2006, the 6th Round of the
Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
administered by the US Department of Homeland Security, Office for Domestic
Preparedness
was announced today. The Bart Twp
Fire Co. received $40,740 for Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety, our
4th FEMA Grant. The Department will be installing an automatic vehicle
exhaust extraction system.
Vehicle Exhaust System Installation Completed
Air Cleaning Systems moved on-site to start
the installation of our new
PlymoVent vehicle exhaust extraction
system.
On November 24th, 2006, in the 6th Round of the
Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,
the Company received a $40,740 grant for this project.
Each piece of apparatus will be hooked
directly to a hose that automatically discharges the harmful exhaust fumes
outside during startups. Thanks to
www.acleansystem.com for the professional installation.
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Bart Twp. Fire Co.
Receives Grant for Debt Reduction on E-5-1-1 |
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9/28/2006
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Bart Twp Fire Company received a $9,619.58 grant from the
Office of the PA
State Fire Commissioner through
the VFCVASGP (Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant
Program). The
grant will be used to pay down the VLAP (2% PA Sate low interest) loan on
Engine 5-1-1. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co. Receives Grant
for Fire Prevention |
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February 10th, 2006, the
4th Round of the
Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,
Fire Prevention & Safety,
administered by the US Department of Homeland Security, Office for Domestic
Preparedness
was announced today. The Bart Twp
Fire Co. received $9,625 for Fire Prevention & Safety. The department
will be putting fourth 10% or $962.50 towards the grant.
The department will be purchasing a
Sparkys Hazard House by Modeltech. The electronic type dollhouse
provides home and farm safety scenarios. The house will be used at the
annual Fire Prevention program at the Bart-Colerain Elementary School. The
department is going to try and start a new Fire Prevention program this year
for the local Amish schoolhouses incorporating the new Hazard House.
Click here to see a list of 2005
fire prevention winners
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Bart Twp. F.C. Receives Grant
for
Hose TIC
9/28/2005
- Members spent the evening mounting the new MSA Evolution 5200 TIC we
received with grant monies from the VFCVASGP
(Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Program). The old
MSA Evolution 4000 TIC was moved to Engine 5-1-2.
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Bart Twp. F.C. Receives Grant
for
Hose & Nozzles |
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June 2005, Bart Twp Fire Company received a $3,000.00
matching grant from the
PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR)
(Bureau of Forestry). The grant will be used for the purchase of new
forestry fire hose, pre-connect attack line hose and new nozzles. |
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Bart Twp. F.C. Receives Grant
for Cascade Station |
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August 2004, Bart Twp Fire Company received a $10,000.00 grant from the
PA Department of
Community and Economic Development thanks to
100th
District Representative Gibson Armstrong Jr. The
grant will help fund the purchase of an SCBA fill
station & 4 cylinder cascaded air storage system. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co. Receives Grant
for Generator |
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July 6th, 2004, Bart Twp Fire Company received a
$10,345.63 grant from the
Office of the PA
State Fire Commissioner through
the VFCVASGP (Volunteer Fire Company, Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant
Program). The
grant will help fund the purchase of a large generator
with an automatic switch to run the firehouse complex in the event of a
power outage. |
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Bart Twp. Fire Co. Receives Grant
for Fire Gear |
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August 6th, 2004, the 10th Round of the
Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
administred by the US Department of Homeland Security, Office for Domestic
Preparedness
was announced today. The Bart Twp
Fire Co. received $40,932 for Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety, our
2nd FEMA Grant. Total grant applied was for $45,480. The department
will be putting fourth 10% or $4,548 towards the grant.
The 25 sets of
Globe G-Extreme
turnout gear has arrived !
Click here to see a list of 2004 winners
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Bart Twp. Fire Co. Receives Grant
for SCBA |
On July 24th, 2003, the 7th Round of the
Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
was announced. The Bart Twp Fire
Co. received $64,260 for Fire Operations and Firefighter Safety. Total grant
applied was for $71,400. The department will be putting fourth 10% or
$7,140 towards the grant. We will be purchasing new SCBA (Self
Contained Breathing Apparatus) with integrated PASS alarms & HUD (Heads Up
Displays). We have selected
Scott
Packs as our manufacturer. Air packs
have been delivered.
Click to see a list of all 2003 PA Grant Recipients.
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Members training
on new air packs
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