Globe awards new turnout gear to Strong Fire Department

STRONG – Globe, DuPont Protection Technologies (DuPont), and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have announced the Strong Fire Department is one of two recipients in the 2014 Globe Gear Giveaway.

The Strong Fire Department has 10 volunteer firefighters that serve an area of 30 square miles. Like many volunteer departments, budget limitations mean they have to do a lot with a little. The volunteers not only give their time and resources to protect their community, they are also very active in community involvement through the local schools and Scouting troops, according to the press release.

Having four sets of new Globe gear donated to the departments means they can better enhance the safety of their volunteers while using their limited funds to purchase other critical equipment.

This is the third year that Globe has partnered with DuPont and the NVFC to provide volunteer departments with critically needed sets of turnout gear. The Jamestown Rural Fire Protection District is also receiving four sets of new, state-of-the-art Globe turnout gear.

“We are pleased to announce two more recipients in the 2014 Globe Gear Giveaway,” said NVFC Chairman Philip C. Stittleburg. “This program provides needed safety gear to departments that otherwise cannot afford to properly protect their firefighters. We thank Globe and DuPont for their generosity and foresight in making this remarkable investment in the safety and well-being of firefighters across the nation.”

The 2014 program will provide a total of 52 sets of turnout gear to 13 departments who demonstrate a need for gear. To be eligible to apply, departments had to be all-volunteer or mostly-volunteer, serve a population of 25,000 or less, be legally organized in the U.S. or Canada, and be a member of the NVFC. To help departments meet this last requirement, Globe sponsored NVFC Department Memberships for the first 200 non-members to apply.

Additional awards will be made each month through December.