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The Missouri State Fire Marshal's office maintains a list of departments in our state that are in need of equipment. A few years ago our department has several old pairs of boots that we wanted to donate. One small department from Southern Missouri ... More
As some have suggested, I have our local area chiefs association blast an email to all the departments in my area that may have a high school academy or an explorer post and then donate our old gear to them. We mark the service label of every piece with ... More
Good morning Marc, Our department has held onto the "good sets" of old gear and use them as a second set for our members and is also assigned to our Junior Firefighters/Explorers to use during trainings and drills. We have actually accepted old sets ... More
Not LDH, but we are in the process of repurposing some of our attack lines 1.75" to slide over the door closers in schools to prevent the door from opening for active shooter situations. Our local school district contacted up about trying this so we worked ... More