Grants and Donations

Fire Truck Donated by PCSO:

Thanks to the Pinal County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Paul Babeu, and PCSO Grants Coordinator Tom Gaupel, they have included us in their access to surplus military equipment. Regional Fire became a recipient of some "good will" in providing a replacement fire apparatus in September 2011. This Fire Apparatus is a 1995 Pierce Dash fire pumper which came from the Puget Sound Navy Shipyard in Washington State and had barely 50,000 miles on it. This truck was demobilized and made available through DRMO at the Ft. Lewis Army Base in Lewis, Washington and was picked up and driven back to Arizona by Chief Kerber, thanks to some local assistance from his Sister and Brother-in-law from Portland, Oregon. They helped with the logistics in aquiring this truck from Ft. Lewis at the end of September 2011 after the Chief flew to Portland to meet the family members responsible for helping arrange the final aquisition. The truck is currently undergoing a cosmetic refurbishment in Casa Grande and we hope to have it in service some time in January 2012. Stay tuned!

Southwest Gas Corporation:

Regional Fire & Rescue is also awaiting the word from Southwest Gas Corporation and Mr. Pat Abiles, District Manager with regard to a vehicle donation that is pending at this time. It is anticipated that a 2000 Ford F-750 Crew Cab with Utility Body Chassis will soon be made available through a donation from Southwest Gas Corporation, to serve as a Highway Emergency Response vehicle. After losing a 1994 International Crew Cab Fire/Rescue truck in May 2011, we have quite a great deal of fire equipment and inventory available to convert this gas pipeline and service/construction vehicle and transform it into a public safety emergency response vehicle. More to come...

Monsanto Corporation:

A recent donation from the Monsanto Corporation thanks to Plant Manager Adam Parsons of the Delta Pine and Land Company/Monsanto Corp. operation east of Eloy, Arizona, provided a check recently in the amount of $20,000.00 toward our new office building project which is now underway just south of the fire truck bays.

Public Safety Stabilization Grant:

After passage of the Stimulus Bill in 2009, Federal funds were made available to the State of Arizona, Governors Office of Economic Recovery (GOER) where a "Public Safety Stabilization Grant" was applied for and awarded to the fire department. This funding was used to help stabilize public service agencies, Police and Fire, in order to assist with decreases in revenues brought on by the economic downturn or "recession" sufferred since 2007. This grant funded the in-frame Detroit Diesel motor rebuild of one of our fire engines, provided new tires on four fire apparatus, and provided for the loan payoff amounts toward three vehicles.

AEMS/Arizona DHS/OEMS:

Some grant assistance has come from the State in the form of EMS Supplies and Equipment Grants through Arizona Emergency Medical Systems (AEMS) which manages grant funding for the Central Region for Fire and EMS providers who apply through a competitive process for available funding that originates from the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of EMS (Az. DHS/EMS). These grant funds have provided EMS/Trauma Bags, Backboards, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and EMS supplies.

FEMA/USFA:

Although our primary source of funding for operating expenses comes from individual Subscriptions from home and business owners in our area, since 2006, Regional Fire & Rescue has received assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) through the Firefighter Assistance Grants. Grants earmarked specifically for equipment requests and/or replacements were awarded in FY-2006, 2008, and 2009.