The Community Foundation of Abilene has awarded a grant to the View Volunteer Fire Department. The grant amounting to roughly $10,000 will be used to purchase new, custom bunker gear.
Each seat of gear, amounting to $1,700-$1,800, consists of coats and pants that are lined with thermal protection, gloves that are specialized for high temperatures or maximum grip and thermal hoods to protect them from burns.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.