On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, State Farm representatives will present a $14,500 check to Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department for a Safe Neighbors grant awarded to MFRD in December 2011.

 

MFRD will also unveil the emergency rescue boat purchased with the grant funds. Department Coordinator Laurie Alsup wrote in the grant narrative, “The rescue boat [can] quickly be deployed from the trailer to rescue victims and having a motor [will] decrease rescue times and rescuer exhaustion.”

 

The presentation will take place at 3:00 pm at Fire Station 7 located at 2715 North Thompson Lane. Station 7 is home to the department’s Water Rescue Team. Local, state, and federal elected officials have been invited to this newsworthy event. We would like to invite the media to take part in this presentation as well.