PRESS RELEASE

Mason County Fire District 2 to Bolster

Fire Prevention Efforts with FM Global Grant

Mason County Fire District 2 recently received a $1,512 fire prevention grant from FM Global, a leading property insurer of the world’s largest businesses based in Johnston, R.I.

 At the February meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, FM Global representatives presented the grant funds to Fire Chief Beau Bakken, Community Outreach Coordinator Jeromy Hicks and the District’s Commissioners.  The award will be used to assist with fire investigations to help fire investigators more efficiently investigate and determine the cause of a fire.

 Because fire continues to be the leading cause of commercial and industrial property damage worldwide, FM Global has contributed millions of dollars to fire services and related agencies around the globe working to prevent fire for more than three decades. Locally, the company has awarded grants to a number of Washington-based organizations.

 “At FM Global, we believe the majority of property damage is preventable—not inevitable—and we are pleased to make funding available to organizations, like the Mason County Fire District 2, that share the same philosophy,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program. “After all, it’s much better to prevent a disaster than to recover from one.”

 FM Global’s highly competitive Fire Prevention Grant Program and 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 greatest impact on preventing, preparing for and controlling fire in the community.

 Mason County Fire District 2 would like to thank FM Global for the support in our Fire Prevention Program.