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Fuel Corporation Makes Donations to Midwest Fire Departments
AURORA, S.D. - Valero Renewable Fuels says it is donating more than $40,000 in money and equipment to 10 local fire departments in Midwestern communities where the company owns ethanol plants.
In South Dakota, Valero owns the former VeraSun plant in Aurora.
The San Antonio, Texas-based company will also pay tuition and travel expenses for 20 local firefighters to attend a fire training academy at Texas A&M University in April.
Local fire departments in Aurora and the nine other communities will receive firefighting equipment or donations to purchase equipment, or both. Equipment may include portable fire monitors and foam nozzles
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
In South Dakota, Valero owns the former VeraSun plant in Aurora.
The San Antonio, Texas-based company will also pay tuition and travel expenses for 20 local firefighters to attend a fire training academy at Texas A&M University in April.
Local fire departments in Aurora and the nine other communities will receive firefighting equipment or donations to purchase equipment, or both. Equipment may include portable fire monitors and foam nozzles
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by ff/emt 2155 on
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they should be giving 40k to each dept so they could buy the biggest and best fuel plant fires are hugh and need all the supression they can get
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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Ethanol is absolutely fantastic for the environment, right? Think about it, the by-products are non-toxic, and it's made from corn, which enables independence from middle eastern oil interests... This means that companies involved with the production are going to start getting really interested in making sure that the fire departments they call in case of an emergency have the right tools to mitigate a problem, should it occur. This is good business and refreshing to see this type of partnership. It's so important to both be trained and have the best equipment available, including AR-AFFF. Sounds like the firefighters in South Dakota will be getting just that.
CBz
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Permalink Reply by Trainer on
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Ethanol is absolutely fantastic for the environment, right? Think about it, the by-products are non-toxic, and it's made from corn, which enables independence from middle eastern oil interests...
Yes cap, it is good, boosts the price of corn and beans also...but...and you may know this, if we let all the corn grown to go to fuel, it only adds up to 15% of demand for oil, I believe we are currently using 3% of the crop.
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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on
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It's easy to see the negatives in any situation but the long and short is we are getting badly needed funding and training, using the train the trainer mode we can then expand and share that training. Mutual aid agreements should mean we can share the new equipment to some degree. No single source will completely answer all our needs and problems but will help to some extent. May be too we can hold this spirit of support up to the major corporations and get further support from them.
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