Recently, Mid-Rivers Communications, based in Circle, Montana, donated a total of $11,200 to area Emergency Medical Service (EMS)/ ambulance providers and to area fire departments within Mid-Rivers’ service area ranging from Lewistown, in Central Montana, to Fairview, in Eastern Montana.
Each community fire program received a $200 Mid-Rivers check. In Dawson County, checks were presented to the Glendive Ambulance, the Glendive Gate City Firefighters Association and to the West Glendive Fire Department. Tim Mort, West Glendive Fire Chief said the generous donation helps the West Glendive Fire Department purchase equipment that is generally not covered by grant funding. Wally Broeder, Director of the Glendive Ambulance Service, said they use their Mid-Rivers contribution to purchase rescue dummies for training purposes.
In Broadus, checks were received by the Broadus Volunteer Fire Department and the Powder River First Responders.
Russ Greenwood from the Powder River first responders they used the money for a replacement battery for a piece of equipment. The battery usually costs $156.00 but this year the cost was over $200. He was very grateful for the Mid-Rivers contribution.
Other departments receiving the $200 Mid-Rivers checks include the Wibaux County Ambulance, the Wibaux County Fire Department, the Ashland Volunteer Fire Department , the Fallon County Fire Department, and the Fallon County Ambulance, Circle Fire Department and the Circle Ambulance, Carter County Fire Department, and the Carter County Ambulance, the Fairview Fire Department, the Sidney Fire Department and the Sidney Ambulance, the Garfield County Fire Department and the Garfield County Ambulance, Lewistown Rural Fire Department and the Lewistown City Fire Department, the Lewistown Fire Department, the Central Montana Medical Center Ambulance, and the Rural Lewistown Ambulance. Miles City Fire Department, the Custer County Rural Volunteer Fire Department and the Miles City Ambulance, the Musselshell County Ambulance and the Musselshell County Fire Department, the Prairie County Ambulance and the Prairie County Fire Department.
Volunteers in EMS/ambulance services and fire departments are an essential ingredient to small-town Montana. Mid-Rivers makes the annual donations to the area volunteer-based organizations in order to financially assist them in their important tasks of helping keep our communities safe.
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