Illinois Fire Marshal Gives Funding to Area Rural Fire Departments

The Illinois Fire Marshal’s office has given around six million dollars to fire protection districts across the Land of Lincoln.  Each selected department will get up to 26-thousand dollars in funding for firefighting and ambulance equipment.

In this area, departments in three counties received funding.  In Lawrence County, the maximum amount—26-thousand dollars—went to the Bridgeport Fire Protection District.  The Lawrence-Allison Fire Protection District received just under the maximum; the third Lawrence County group to be funded was the Lawrence County Ambulance Service, with 16-thousand dollars in funding.

Two other departments also received near the maximum amount.  In Crawford County, the money went to the LaMotte Fire District; the other award was to Wabash County’s Mount Carmel Fire District.

The funding was narrowed from 355 applicants, requesting just over eight million dollars in grants.