FRIENDS OF BARTONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUAD
EIN 37-1055504 · Fire Prevention (M24)
What they do
ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SUPPORT for AN ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT and RESCUE SQUAD THAT PROVIDES SERVICES to THE GENERAL PUBLIC. GRANTS ARE ISSUED PERIODICALLY (NOT EVERY YEAR)TO PURCHASE FIRE and RESCUE EQUIPMENT and or PROVIDE MAINTENANCE for THE FIREHOUSE for THE BARTONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT and RESCUE SQUAD, A SEPARATE ENTITY.IN 2020, THIS ORGANIZATION BOUGHT FIREFIGHTER HELMETS for $6400, and PAID for LAWN CARE AT THE FIRE HOUSE.IN 2022, THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDED A $31,044 BREATHING AIR COMPRESSOR to THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, $713 of CONCRETE AT FIRE HOUSE and ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT TOTALED $349IN 2023, THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED AN $841 ICE MACHINE for THE FIREHOUSE,CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS for THE VILLAGE and ALSO PAID for LAWNCARE for THE FIREHOUSE.IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PAID for THE FIREHOUSE LAWNCARE, THE MAYORS PRAYER BREAKFAST, and A CRICUT MAKER MACHINE for THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES MEALS/REFRESHMENTS for FIREFIGHTERS AFTER FIRES, MEETINGS and WORK PART
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1979
- Location
- 1503 W GARFIELD AVE, BARTONVILLE, IL 61607-1754
- County
- Peoria
- In care of
- DONALD L THORNTON JR