The Missouri American Water Co. presented a check to the St. Joseph Fire Department on Tuesday.
In a press release, Missouri American Water stated the amount of $1,200 that was given to the St. Joseph Fire Department is part of the company’s annual Fire Fighter Grant Program, which has awarded 26 grants totaling more than $30,000 to fire departments throughout the state.
The St. Joseph Fire Department is using the funds to purchase fire hose adapters called flow meters, which allow fire crews to test and see the amount of water going through hose lines.
Fire Department Chief of training Bill Lamar explained the difference this will make for crews.
Calculating the amount of water flow and friction loss is time consuming and “this flow meter tells us instantly how much water goes through as we test our nozzles and our different hose lines,” Lamar said.