In Wisconsin, where people frequent outdoor recreation such as hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, biking or all-terrain vehicle riding, such activities don’t always come without injury.
The Caledonia Fire Department has had incidents where people have injured themselves while off the main roads, but the department wasn’t as fully equipped as it could’ve been to best serve these people.
Fire Chief Jeffrey Henningfeld said the department’s current Humvee used for such incidents is not as nimble and can’t access some of the smaller trails. However, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the Geiger Family Foundation, as well as other donations, Caledonia Fire and Police now have enough money to purchase a utility terrain vehicle to assist in these incidents as well as others.
The Geiger Family Foundation is a private foundation in Milwaukee that is known to support public safety.