Crime & Safety

Westport FD Acquires iPads with FM Grant

The Westport Fire Marshal's Office will bolster fire prevention efforts with a FM Global grant.

 

The Marshal's Office has received a $2,400 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers. 

FM Global representatives presented the award to Fire Chief Andrew Kingsbury, Deputy Chief Bob Kepchar, Fire Marshal Edward Zygmant, Fire Inspectors Nate Gibbons and Terry Dunn at Westport Fire Headquarters Monday morning.  The award will be used to purchase iPads and inspection software in order to streamline the inspection process and increase productivity. The information gathered in the field will directly help the fire service respond in an emergency situation.

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Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, during the past 35 years FM Global 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 Connecticut-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.”

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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 about FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program, or to apply for a grant, please visit www.fmglobal.com/grants. 


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