Caribou Fire & Ambulance Recieves Rural Fire Assistance Grant
On September 15, 2008, this department was notified that it was the recipients of the 2008 Rurual Fire Assistance Grant for the purchase of 15 new portable radios, valued at over $13,000 for Fulltime Members.
This is a competitive grant to enhance wildland firefighting capabilities in the wildland urban interface for fire departments serving communities with a population of less than 10,000 and is cooperators with the Maine Forestry Service.
This grant will allow the department to upgrade the portable radios that our fulltime members carry on a daily basis to insure that we have members available and ready to respond to emergencies within our community.
This grant will reduce the tax burden on the citizens of this community.
Phone Solicition
The Caribou Fire & Ambulance has been receiving calls from citizens in our coverage area about phone calls from individuals who say they are raising money for fire departments and that some of the money raised will go to the Caribou Fire & Ambulance Department.
Beware - The Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department has never, and will not solicit funds by phone.
If you receive any calls, please get the callers name and number and advise the Caribou Fire Chief.
Life Safety Achievement Award Presented
The Caribou Fire Department has recently been presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for the year 2007 by the Residential Fire Safety Institute (RFSI). The award was announced by Roy L. Marshall , director of the (RFSI).
For 15 years, the Life Safety Achievement Award has recognized the local fire prevention activities that contribute to reducing the number of lives lost in residential fires. The Caribou Fire Department qualified for this award in year 2007 because it recorded zero fire deaths in structures during that year. Although residential fires in U.S. account for only 20 percent of all fires, they result in 80 percent of all fire deaths. The RFSI is commited to reducing that number. A total of 745 fire departments received the 2007 Life Safety Achievement Award.