Fruitland Area Fire Protection District held a badge pinning ceremony to celebrate their first three full-time captains in department history. The fire department had been a volunteer department since 1977 and in April of 2017 voters approved the district to go to a combination District. Since then we have slowly secured staffing and in July 2021 the department promoted Collin Cummings, Tyler Brugger and Ben Whited to the rank of captain.
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Fruitland Area Fire Protection District recently donated $10,001.44 to Midwest Children’s Burn Camp. We usually donate to the burn camp every year with a boot drive but with Covid last year we were unable to do so. We were unsure how well a boot drive would go over this year with covid still lingering around but our community blew us away with their generosity. In just 2 days we raised over $10,000. 100% of the profit goes towards sending children who have been burned in a fire to the camp to meet other children who are going through the same struggles.
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