Illinois American Water Awards over $92,000 in Firefighter Grants

Elgin IL

04 October, 2021

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Woodridge, Ill. (Oct. 4, 2021) —Over $92,000 will be shared by over 90 Illinois fire departments through Illinois American Water's 2021 Firefighter Grant Program. Since the program was created in 2010, over 770 grants totaling over $760,000 have been awarded to fire and emergency organizations serving customers in Illinois American Water's service area."We know the importance and value water has in protecting homes and businesses; we also understand the need to support our local heroes. This program allows us to continue to provide support to the local departments," said Justin Ladner, Illinois American Water President.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. To view the list of fire departments receiving grants across the state, please visit the News section of Illinois American Water's website at www.illinoisamwater.com.The firefighter grants are being announced in conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 3- Oct. 9, 2021, to raise awareness about the importance of fire prevention and emergency planning. This year's Fire Prevention Week theme is "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety!" It educates about the different sounds the smoke and carbon monoxide alarms make. Learning the sounds of alarms will keep families safe. Learn more at www.nfpa.org. Illinois American Water is providing firefighter grants to the following Illinois fire departments:Northern IllinoisBolingbrook Fire DepartmentDes Plaines Fire DepartmentElmhurst Fire DepartmentElgin Fire DepartmentHomer Township Fire Protection DistrictLemont Fire Protection DistrictLisle-Woodridge Fire DistrictLombard Fire DepartmentMount Prospect Fire DepartmentNorthwest Homer Fire Protection DistrictOrland Fire Protection DistrictOswego Fire Protection DistrictPlainfield Fire Protection DistrictProspect Heights Fire Protection DistrictRockton Fire Protection DistrictRomeoville Fire DepartmentSouth Elgin Fire DepartmentWarrenville Fire Protection DistrictSterling Fire Department-MORE-Allen Township Fire Protection DistrictDana Fire Protection DistrictGrand Ridge Fire DepartmentLeonore Fire DepartmentLong Point Fire DepartmentReading Fire DepartmentStreator Fire DepartmentCentral IllinoisArcola Fire Protection DistrictChampaign Fire DepartmentEastern Prairie Fire Protection DistrictEdge-Scott Fire Protection DistrictSangamon Valley Fire Protection District (Village of Fisher)Pesotum Fire Protection DistrictSadorus Fire Protection DistrictSavoy Fire DepartmentSidney Fire Protection DistrictSt. Joseph-Stanton Fire DepartmentTolono Fire Protection DistrictTuscola Fire DepartmentU of I Willard Airport Fire DepartmentUrbana Fire DepartmentLincoln Fire DepartmentLincoln Rural Fire DepartmentMt. Pulaski Fire DepartmentCity of Pekin Fire DepartmentNorth Pekin Fire DepartmentFarmington Fire Protection DistrictChillicothe Community Fire Protection DistrictLimestone Township Fire Protection DistrictTimber-Hollis Fire Protection DistrictLogan Trivoli Fire Protection DistrictPeoria Fire DepartmentDunlap Fire Protection DistrictWashington Fire DepartmentWest Peoria Fire Protection DistrictPontiac Fire DepartmentSaunemin Fire Protection DistrictSouthern IllinoisAlhambra Volunteer Fire DepartmentCity of Alton Fire Department-MORE-Cottage Hills Fire Protection DistrictGodfrey Fire Protection DistrictJerseyville Fire Protection DistrictOlive Livingston Fire DepartmentQEM Fire Protection DistrictCairo Fire DepartmentBelleville Fire DepartmentCahokia Volunteer Fire DepartmentChurch Road Fire Protection DistrictColumbia Fire DepartmentEast Side Fire Protection DistrictEast St. Louis Fire DepartmentFairmont City Fire DepartmentFrench Village Fire DepartmentGlen Carbon Fire Protection DistrictGranite City Fire DepartmentHamel Volunteer Fire DepartmentHoliday Shores Fire DepartmentMadison Fire DepartmentMarine Community Fire Protection DistrictMascoutah Fire DepartmentMidway Fire Protection DistrictMillstadt Union Fire DepartmentMitchell Fire DepartmentNorthwest Fire Protection DistrictO'Fallon Fire RescuePocahontas – Old Ripley Fire DepartmentRosiclare Fire DepartmentSauget Fire DepartmentSignal Hill Fire DepartmentSt. Clair Special Emergency ServicesSwansea Fire DepartmentVilla Hills Fire DepartmentVenice Fire DepartmentWashington Park Fire DepartmentWorden Fire DepartmentAbout Illinois American Water - Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 1.3 million people. American Water also operates a customer service center in Alton and a quality control and research laboratory in Belleville. With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to 15 million people in 46 states. American Water provides safe, clean, affordable and reliable water services to our customers to help make sure we keep their lives flowing. For more information, visit amwater.com and follow American Water on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.Media Contact: Rosemaria DiBenedetto, External Affairs Consultant, 708-712-4629 or [email protected]