The Starke County EMS Department has secured some additional grant funds. Starke County EMS Director Travis Clary updated the Starke County Commissioners about the funds received last week.
“The Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund gave us $8,200 and that’s going to go toward the purchase of 800 MHz radios,” explained Clary. “We’re hoping to get five. They’re about $1,700 apiece. We’re very thankful for that. We couldn’t have done that without the Community Foundation here in Starke County. They helped us quite a bit with that.”
This grant announcement comes on the heels of the Knox VFW Post #748 donation of $15,000 that will help the EMS Department acquire a second Lucas Device. The life-saving equipment delivers automated chest compressions at the recommended depth and rate with no pauses.
Clary said that he’s continuing to look locally for grant funding including a Firehouse Subs grant for an ambulance cot and a First Source Bank grant.
