Tyngsboro fire department articles
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91-year-old Missouri man rescues fire department with $500,000 donation
A 91-year-old’s $500,000 donation has saved a tiny Missouri volunteer fire company from certain doom. In April, Sam Sloan decided to make good on a promise he made to himself decades ago when he got out of the cattle and seed processing business: donate to the Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department. “They need the money once I had the money. I’d been saving money for a long time,” Sloan said Thursday. Sloan had an idea of the how cash-strapped the fire company was because he lives about 2 miles...
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Tiny US fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donation
A 91-year-old man made the donation to a struggling rural station in Missouri: ‘It’s important to have a good fire department’A 91-year-old man has donated $500,000 to a tiny rural volunteer fire department in Missouri in an act of generosity that will transform the fortunes of the struggling organization, whose members have been using equipment from the 1980s.Sam Sloan, a resident of Calhoun, Missouri, donated the lump sum to the struggling department, KMBC first reported. Continue reading
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Beloved Life Member Of Northern Westchester Fire Department Dies: 'Will Be Greatly Missed'
A Northern Westchester fire department is mourning the loss of a beloved life member who is remembered for his dedicated service and sardonic sense of humor. Longtime Bedford resident and Bedford Fire Department life member Peter Perez died on Sunday, May 5 at the age of 90, according to his obituary. Born in Brooklyn in 1933, Perez spent three decades working with the US Postal Service. He was also a Benevolent Founder of the Bedford Fire Department, where he was a longtime member and...