FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC
EIN 26-1903852 · Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
What they do
THE EXEMPT PURPOSE of THE FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT FOUNDATION is to ASSIST FIREFIGHTER and RESCUE PERSONNEL PERFORM THEIR JOBS EFFECTIVELY and SAFELY, AID UNDERFUNDED AGENCIES, ASSIST FAMILIES of FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS IN THEIR GREATEST TIME of NEED and to HELP PREVENT FIRES and FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION THROUGH FOUR PROGRAM SERVICES AREAS (1) TRAINING DEVELOPED WITH LEADING EXPERTS and AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE FREE of CHARGE to HELP INCREASE THE SAFETY and EFFECTIVENESS of FIREFIGHTERS and RESCUE PERSONNEL (2) FIRE and EMS EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES CASH GRANTS for DEPARTMENTS to PURCHASE EQUIPMENT to IMPROVE SERVICE PERSONNEL and CITIZEN SAFETY (3) SURVIVOR FINANCIAL GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES CASH GRANTS to FAMILY SURVIVORS of FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE of DUTY (4) PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY AWARENESS to EDUCATE FAMILIES ABOUT IMPORTANT STEPS THEY CAN TAKE to PREVENT FIRES and IMPROVE THEIR SAFETY IN THE EVENT of A FIRE
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About this charity
- Location
- 225 CEDAR HILL STREET SUITE 200, MARLBOROUGH, MA 01752
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- DAVID KENIK