BFD Receives Grant

On January 25, 2018, the Belleville Fire Department received a grant of $900.00 from the Alliant Energy Hometown Safety Program. This grant went towards the purchase of an automated external defibrillator for the department. The grant was delivered by Mike Howard of Alliant Energy.
Cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of firefighter line of duty deaths in the United States. In 2016 (the most recent year of data available), 39 firefighters died in the line of duty from cardiac causes. In 2016 there were a total of 89 firefighter line of duty deaths in the United States. With this grant we now have equipped three of our six fire vehicles with AEDs and the goal remains to equip every vehicle with an AED to ensure these lifesaving devices are readily available not only for our firefighters, but also the public. If you wish to donate to the purchase of additional AEDs you are asked to send those donations to the Belleville Fire Department, 33 E. Main St., Belleville, WI 53508.