Thanks to a grant from the Purdue Foundation, the Houston County Fire Department was able to start the process of replacing life saving equipment.
Houston County Fire Chief Christopher Stoner says the department reached out to the Perdue Foundation earlier this year about its need to replace its existing thermal imaging cameras. He says the cameras weren’t operating at their needed capacity. The cameras help firefighters see through heat and smoke, locate people trapped inside burning buildings and find hot spots. The foundation awarded the fire department more than $12,000 to replace two cameras.
“We have a volunteer fund that they do fundraisers every year for that we were able to pull two more out of,” Chief Stoner said. “Then we’ll pull two more out of the county budget, so without Purdue’s support, there’s no way we could have completed that project.”