Channelview FD receives fire prevention grant

Firefighters with the Channelview Fire Department received a more than $4,000 grant for fire prevention. The grant will be used for education in the community on matters of fire safety, and to reduce the number of fires.
Firefighters with the Channelview Fire Department received a more than $4,000 grant for fire prevention. The grant will be used for education in the community on matters of fire safety, and to reduce the number of fires.
Firefighters with the Channelview Fire Department received a more than $4,000 grant for fire prevention. The grant will be used for education in the community on matters of fire safety, and to reduce the number of fires.

CHANNELVIEW, Texas— The Channelview Fire Department has received a US$4,405 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.

FM Global representatives presented the award to Channelview Fire Department at Station 1 located at 16229 Market Street in Channelview Texas. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate the community and reduce the number of fires.

Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, during the past 35 years FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe. Locally, the company has awarded grants to a number of Texas-based organizations.

The funds will be used to purchase a Surface Pro Laptop, Overhead projector, and a Sparky the Fire Dog costume.

“At FM Global, we strongly believe the majority of property damage is preventable, not inevitable,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of the fire prevention grant program. “Far too often, inadequate budgets prevent those organizations working to prevent fire from being as proactive as they would like to be. With additional financial support, grant recipients are actively helping to improve property risk in the communities they serve.”

Through its Fire Prevention Grant Program, FM Global awards grants quarterly to fire departments—as well as national, state, regional, local and community organizations worldwide—that best demonstrate a need for funding, where dollars can have the most demonstrable impact on preventing fire, or mitigating the damage it can quickly cause.