MIDWEST FIRE EQUIPMENT & REPAIR COMPANY (Midwest Fire) recently announced that the company’s CEO and president, Sarah Atchison, was a finalist along with two other companies for the Executive of the Year Award at the Minnesota Business Manufacturing Awards.
The award recognizes an individual who has made major accomplishments in Minnesota’s manufacturing industry in the past few years. The awards event celebrating the finalists was held in Minneapolis. Winners and finalists will be honored in an upcoming feature story of an all-manufacturing issue of Minnesota Business.
SAFETY COMPONENTS INTERNATIONAL, a subsidiary of International Textile Group, recently hosted its 15th anniversary Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s event raised in excess of $25,000, which will be donated to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the company set up the Safety Components First Responder 911 Foundation for the purpose of raising funds to support the firefighter community and other first responders throughout the country. The Safety Component First Responder 911 Foundation sponsors two fundraising events each year and has raised more than $800,000 over the past 15 years. These events include a concert, called Stop, Drop, Rock ‘n’ Roll, held as part of FDIC International, and the annual Charity GOLF Event. In addition to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, funds have been donated to the Wounded Warrior Project and Southeastern Firefighters Burn Center.
GLOBE, DUPONT PROTECTION SOLUTIONS (DuPont), and the NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL (NVFC) have announced the Brindle Ridge Fire Department, Mount Vernon, Kentucky, and the Eastern Douglas County Fire Department, Drury, Missouri, will each be outfitted with four sets of new Globe turnout gear as part of the 2016 Globe Gear Giveaway. The Brindle Ridge Fire Department (BRFD) attempts to replace old turnout gear on a yearly basis, but with 38 members on the roster and only eight sets of gear that are NFPA-compliant, the department has a large number of members who do not have the gear required to fight fires. This gear donation will provide BRFD members desperately needed protective equipment, enabling them to better protect their community.
The Eastern Douglas County Volunteer Fire Department (EDCVFD) has 24 volunteers who have only 14 sets of gear among them, all of which are more than 10 years old.
PHENIX TECHNOLOGY, INC. and Identifire Safety Products are teaming up with the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) to help address the need for fire and emergency medical services behavioral health awareness. Phenix is creating a handmade “Behavioral Health Awareness” traditional leather fire helmet that will travel with the Phenix team during its 2017 trade show schedule. The helmet will be used as a talking piece along with educational material that will be distributed at each show. At the conclusion of the 2017 season, the helmet will be auctioned off to raise funds for the FBHA. Identifire Safety Products will be creating a special photoluminescent piece that will be available for sale with all profits going to support the FBHA mission. The FBHA will produce a weekly educational piece that all three organizations will be sharing.
Clearspring Capital Partners, a fund manager with a presence at Espace CDPQ, has announced an investment in DEMERS AMBULANCES, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of ambulances throughout North America. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and members of the Demers Ambulances management team are also taking part