Photo by Terry Pope
Leland Volunteer Rescue Squad chief John Grimes receives a check for $13,432 from state insurance com
missioner and fire marshal Jim Long. Brunswick County matched the funds to purchase extrication lifesav
ing tools.
Manpower a problem
Leland squad accepts
grant, awaits merger
By Terry Pope
County Editor
Volunteers plan to merge the
Leland rescue squad and fire depart
ment in July, and a state grant deliv
ered to the squad last week will be
used to purchase extrication tools
shared by the two.
State insurance commissioner and
fire marshal Jim Long presented a
check for $13,432 to Leland rescue
chief John Grimes on Thursday.
Grimes said the money will be
matched with capital reserve funds
set aside for rescue squads in the
county’s 1997-98 budget.
The Volunteer Rescue/EMS Grant
Fund was created by the N. C.
General Assembly in 1988 to help
rescue squads and EMS organiza
tions raise money for emergency
response equipment and supplies.
“It gives them a chance to spend
more time in training and less time
in fund-raising.” said Lqng. “These
funds arc helping the departments
that really need the money the
most.”
Since the program began, grants
totaling $399,609 have been award
ed to lire and rescue departments in
Brunswick County. Grimes said he
saw the notice and application last
fall and figured he would give it a
try, too.
The money will be used to pur
chase extrication tools to help save
crash victims. The 10,500-pound
system is being bought from TNT
Rescue Systems of Ashippun, WI,
and will replace a 5,000-pound sys
tem that has become outdated.
Across the state, approximately
$1.2 million is made available to
lire and rescue squads each year,
said Long. The funds are matching
grants — the state matches dollar
for-dollar, up • to an approved
amount, monies raised locally to
purchase necessary equipment.
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‘It gives them a
chance to spend
more time in train
ing and less time in
fund-raising. These
funds are helping
the departments
that really need the
money the most. ’
Jim Long
State fire marshal
in office, his department has distrib
uted a total of $23.9 million in grant
money.
Grant applications are analyzed
and rated on a computer system to
determine which ones demonstrate
the most need. The new extrication
tools will operate quicker and
require just a few hours of training '
for volunteers already familiar with
the system.
“This will replace at least a ten
year-old system,” said chief Grimes.
“It had been reconditioned when we
bought it, and we had already worn
it out again.”
Grimes said the Leland fire and
rescue departments are merging this
year to share volunteers and to cut
down oil overhead expenses.
“It allows us to combine resources
and personnel,” said Grimes.
“Within the next three years, we
hope to be able to build a new build
ing. That will allow us to combine
the resources.”
The rescue truck that will trans
port the extrication tools bears a
large airbrush painting of a North
Brunswick Scorpion on its side and
was purchased with an allocation of
$57,000 in county capital outlay
funds and squad donations. Since
then, the squad has added another
$30,000 worth of equipment on the
truck. The Cape Fear DuPont Co.
plant donated $4,500 for air bags.
“Slowly but surely, with industries
and the town helping, we re getting
where we need to be," said Grimes.
“With the shortage of volunteers,
this can help the lire department!
and the fire department can help the
rescue squad.”
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