LFD receives grant from FM Global for fire prevention education

TheCity of Lawrence Fire Departmenthas receiveda $1,500 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.

FM Global representatives presented the award to Lawrence Fire Chief Dino Batalis. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate the community and reduce the number of fires. Batalis thanked FM Global for their grant in helping to prevent fires in the City of Lawrence. He said the funds would be put to good use in education materials to save lives and preserve property.

Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, during the past 40 years FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe.

Through its Fire Prevention Grant Program, FM Global awards grants 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.