| The Epworth Community Volunteer Firemen were awarded a 2011 Dubuque Racing Association Grant that allowed for the purchase of new CPR manikins, instruction DVD's and supplies for the automatic external defibrillators. The department is active in teaching CPR Courses to its members as well as the community.
The Epworth Firefighters have been instructing CPR classes for many years. In the late 1990's, Paramedic Paul Lenger took the initiative to start a comprehensive public education program in which thousands of people have completed CPR classes over the past several years. The classes included public safety responders, school staff and students, community organizations and the general public.
The $3,500.00 grant provided the majority of the funds to replace worn out equipment, purchase additional manikins as well as the new instructional DVD's to offer classes. The remaining funds came from donations made at the annual fund raising dance the department held in May. Including this grant, the Dubuque Racing Association has awarded over $111,500.00 to the Epworth Community Volunteer Firemen over the past ten years.
The Epworth Community Volunteer Firemen is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation comprised of the volunteers who respond to emergencies in and around the Epworth area and was founded in 1947. |
