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Fort Montgomery, NY
Tucked along the Hudson River, the volunteer heroes of the Fort Montgomery Fire Department in New York answer an average of 200 emergency calls every year across a challenging 48-square-mile terrain. An astonishing 85% of these calls are serious motor vehicle accidents on busy regional corridors, while the remaining 15% demand high-risk structure fire responses, mountain rescues, and swiftwater or ice rescues on open waterways. Because they are a volunteer non-profit operating on a strictly fixed tax base, only $50,000 a year can be set aside for equipment—a budget that is completely swallowed up by routine gear replacement and vehicle maintenance. This leaves little room to purchase the advanced, specialized tools required to handle complex modern emergencies safely and efficiently.
To bridge this critical funding gap, the Larry Pickett Foundation is stepping in to help Fort Montgomery secure a vital $17,700 equipment package that will completely transform their response capabilities. This drive will fund three Powerheart G5 AEDs to guarantee that every single responding apparatus is equipped for cardiac arrest emergencies, protecting both the public and the volunteer firefighters themselves, who face high risks of overexertion on the job. Additionally, the campaign will supply advanced, waterproof Statpack G3 medical bags for seamless deployment in harsh conditions, along with heavy-duty swiftwater and ice rescue suits to safeguard teams responding to freezing river emergencies. Your 100% tax-deductible donation goes directly toward purchasing these exact life-saving tools, ensuring that Fort Montgomery’s volunteer crews can protect their community and return home safely from every shift.
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Brown City, MI
When a major vehicle accident occurs, every single second determines the line between life and death. For the Brown City Area Fire Authority in Michigan, vehicle collisions aren’t rare occurrences—they make up nearly 60% of the 130 emergency calls they answer every year. Serving 5,900 citizens across a massive 150-square-mile coverage area that spans five different townships, these first responders are frequently forced to handle complex, multi-vehicle wrecks. Currently, the department only operates with a single set of extrication tools. If multiple victims are trapped in separate vehicles at the exact same time, crews are forced to wait for mutual aid from neighboring towns—adding agonizing, dangerous minutes to the rescue timeline when a patient’s survival depends on immediate medical care.
To eliminate this bottleneck, the Larry Pickett Foundation is stepping in to help fund a second, modern set of extrication equipment: a complete Amkus lightweight, battery-powered cutter, spreader, and ram system. These cutting-edge tools operate entirely on battery power, allowing firefighters to deploy them instantly without dragging heavy hydraulic hoses, and their lightweight design prevents personnel from becoming physically exhausted during complex extractions. Operating on a tight annual budget of just $135,000, Brown City maximizes every penny just to keep the station running and simply cannot afford the $48,000 cost for this critical secondary set of rescue tools. Your 100% tax-deductible personal or corporate contribution directly funds this equipment drive, ensuring that when a bad crash happens, these local heroes have the tools to cut through steel and save lives without delay.
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Elk Township, MI
Support Elk Township Fire-Rescue: Help Us Deliver Life-Saving Cardiac Care
Imagine a neighbor, friend, or loved one suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, only to learn that the nearest ambulance is 10 to 30 minutes away in another town. This is the daily reality for the 2,450 residents across the 57 square miles of rural Elk Township, Michigan. As a volunteer, non-profit Medical First Responder unit, Elk Township Fire-Rescue is always first on the scene, fighting to keep patients alive during those critical, agonizing minutes before EMS arrives. However, daytime volunteer staffing often drops to just two first responders on a good day. Performing manual, high-quality chest compressions continuously for up to half an hour is grueling, exhausting work that stretches human endurance to its absolute limit, placing both the patient’s survival and the safety of our volunteer firefighters at risk.
To bridge this dangerous gap, the Larry Pickett Foundation is launching a dedicated campaign to equip Elk Township with a LUCAS 3.0 Automated Chest Compression Device. This advanced, medical-grade technology delivers continuous, perfect, uninterrupted CPR compressions automatically, completely transforming a two-person response team into a highly efficient life-saving squad. Elk Township operates on a severely limited budget, with systemic state funding cuts and rising vehicle maintenance costs making it impossible to buy this equipment alone. They have the bravery and the drive, but they need the tools. By clicking the link below, your 100% tax-deductible corporate or personal donation goes directly to funding their $26,977.27 equipment drive—giving these volunteer heroes the power to save lives in their community.