Illinois American Water Awards Nearly $85,000 in Firefighter Grants
October 13 2023 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Since 2010, over 945 grants totaling over
$940,000 have been awarded to Illinois fire and emergency
organizations in the Illinois American Water’s service
areas
Nearly $85,000 has been awarded to 85 Illinois fire departments
and districts through Illinois American Water’s 2023 Firefighter
Grant Program. Since the program was created in 2010, over 945
grants totaling over $940,000 have been awarded to fire and
emergency organizations serving customers in Illinois American
Water’s service area.
“We know how important water is in protecting homes and
businesses. We also understand resources to our local heroes can
run short. We created this program to support our heroes in a
meaningful way,” said Rebecca Losli, Illinois American Water
President. “The organizations will utilize these funds to keep our
customers and communities safe in emergency situations.”
Illinois American Water’s Firefighter Grant Program awards
grants to provide personal protective gear, communications
equipment, firefighting tools, water handling equipment, training
materials and classroom programs.
The firefighter grants are being announced in conjunction with
National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 8 - Oct. 14, 2023, to raise
awareness about the importance of fire prevention and emergency
planning. This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme is “Cooking safety
starts with you.” It educates about the simple but important
actions everyone can take to keep themselves and those around them
safe when cooking. Learn more at www.nfpa.org.
Illinois American Water is providing firefighter grants to the
following Illinois fire departments:
Alhambra Fire Department District Allen Township Fire Protection
District Aton Fire Department Belleville Fire Department
Bolingbrook Fire Department Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection
District Brooklyn Fire Protection District Cahokia Volunteer Fire
Department Cairo Auxiliary Fire Department Cairo Fire Department
Chillicothe Community Fire Protection District Church Road Fire
Protection District Cincinnati Fire Protection District City of
Pekin Fire Department City of Peoria Fire Department City of South
Beloit Fire Department City of Villa Grove Fire Department Columbia
Fire Protection District Cottage Hills Volunteer Fire Department
Dunlap Fire Protection District East Side Fire Department East St.
Louis Fire Department Eastern Prairie Fire Protection District
Edge-Scott Fire Protection District Elgin Fire Department Fairmont
City Fire Department Farmington Fire Protection District Fosterburg
Fire Protection District French Village Fire Department Glen Carbon
Fire Protection District Godfrey Fire Protection District Grand
Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Granite City Fire Department Hamel
Volunteer Fire Department Hardin Fire Protection District Hoffman
Estates Fire Department Holiday Shores Fire Department Jerseyville
Fire Department Lemont Fire Protection District Limestone Township
Fire Department Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District
Lisle-Woodridge Fire District Logan-Trivoli Fire Protection
District Lombard Fire Department Long Lake Fire Department Marine
Community Fire Protection District Mascoutah Fire Department Midway
Fire Protection District Mitchell Fire Protection District Mount
Prospect Fire Department Mt. Pulaski Rural Fire Protection District
North Pekin Fire Department Northwest Homer Fire Protection
District Northwest St. Clair County Fire Protection District
O'Fallon Fire Department Olive Fire Protection District Pesotum
Fire Protection District Pontiac Fire Department Prospect Heights
Fire Protection District QEM Fire District Reading Township
Volunteer Fire Department Rockton Fire Protection District
Romeoville Fire Department Rosiclare Fire Department Sauget Fire
Department Saunemin Fire Protection District Savoy Fire Department
Schaeferville Fire Protection District Sidney Fire Protection
District Signal Hill Fire Protection District South Elgin Fire
Protection District St Clair Special Emergency Services St. Joseph-
Stanton Fire Protection District Sterling Fire Department Swansea
Fire Department Tolono Fire Protection District Tremont Fire
Protection District Urbana Fire Department Venice Fire Department
Village of Bartonville Fire Department Warrenville Fire Protection
District Washington Fire Department Washington Park Fire Department
West Peoria Fire Protection District Worden Fire Department
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Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, is the
largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing
high-quality and reliable water and wastewater services to
approximately 1.3 million people. American Water also operates a
quality control and research laboratory in Belleville.
Illinois American Water was ranked highest in customer
satisfaction with large water utilities in the Midwest four years
in a row. For J.D. Power 2023 award information,
visit jdpower.com/awards.
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