PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle Fire Department has received a $2,000 fire prevention grant from one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.
FM Global representatives presented the award to Assistant Fire Chief Adam Rider at Presque Isle City Hall July 23. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate residents and reduce fires.
Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, during the past 35 years the insurer has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe. Locally, the company has awarded grants to a number of Maine-based organizations.
“At FM Global, we strongly believe the majority of property damage is preventable, not inevitable,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of the fire prevention grant program. “Far too often, inadequate budgets prevent those organizations working to prevent fire from being as proactive as they would like to be. With additional financial support, grant recipients are actively helping to improve property risk in the communities they serve.”
Through its Fire Prevention Grant Program, FM Global awards grants quarterly to fire departments—as well as national, state, regional, local and community organizations worldwide—that best demonstrate a need for funding, where dollars can have the most demonstrable impact on preventing fire, or mitigating the damage it can quickly cause.
To learn more or to apply for a grant, please visit www.fmglobal.com/grants.
