Town Receives Fire Grant

Herbert Costolo, Mayor Karl Pernell, Fire Chief Timmy Smith, and Engineer Tony Wynne

The Louisburg Fire Department received a $2,000 fire prevention grant recently from FM Global, a leading property insurer of the world’s largest businesses based in Johnston, R.I.

FM Global representatives presented the award to Chief Timmy Smith and Mayor Karl Pernell at the Louisburg Fire Department located at 102 Wade Avenue in Louisburg. The award will be used to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate the community and reduce the number of fires.

 Because fire continues to be the leading cause of commercial and industrial property damage worldwide, FM Global has contributed millions of dollars to fire services and related agencies around the globe working to prevent fire for more than three decades. Locally, the company has awarded grants to a number of North Carolina-based organizations.

 “At FM Global, we believe the majority of property damage is preventable—not inevitable—and we are pleased to make funding available to organizations, like the Louisburg Fire Department, that share the same philosophy,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program. “After all, it’s much better to prevent a disaster than to recover from one.”

 FM Global’s highly competitive Fire Prevention Grant Program (www.fmglobal.com/grants) awards grants quarterly to fire departments—as well as national, state, regional, local and community organizations worldwide—that best demonstrate a need for funding, where dollars can have the greatest impact on preventing, preparing for and controlling fire in the community.