Wisconsin Rural Emergency Response Departments Receive Grants Topping $344,000 from Compeer Financial

Compeer Financial recently awarded 48 Wisconsin fire departments grants totaling over $344,000.

The Emergency First Responder Grants provide rural first responders with critical equipment that improves lifesaving capabilities, protects volunteer responders, strengthens regional emergency preparedness, and enhances the safety and resilience of the communities they serve.

Compeer Financial says The Emergency First Responder Grants support our vision of creating a world where agriculture and rural communities are dynamic, collaborative and thriving. We’re proud to award these grants that provide first responders with important equipment, personal protective gear and technology and enhance their ability to respond to crisis situations.
They add that by strengthening emergency response capacity, the grants help protect farmers, agricultural workers, businesses, residents and the local economies that depend on them.

Locally grants were provided to Mount Calvary Ambulance Service to get new pagers, and Town & Village of Eden Fire Department to get new radios.

Since beginning the Emergency Response Grants in 2018, Compeer Giving has provided more than $5.75 million in grants to equip volunteer first responders with the equipment and tools needed to aid rural residents across Compeer’s 144-county territory.