JOHNSTON – Rhode Island-based insurance giant FM Global awarded $375,000 in fire prevention grants in the last year to help organizations worldwide more effectively prevent fire in their communities, including $5,420 for Rhode Island agencies.
Grants included $2,500 to the North Cumberland Fire District to purchase a computer, $2,000 to the American Red Cross, Rhode Island Chapter to print and distribute fire prevention fliers, and $920 to the Kingston Fire Company to purchase a projector and screen.
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Among the grant awards in nearby Massachusetts, the Seekonk Fire Department received $2,000 to buy a laptop computer, software and a projector and screen; and Somerset Fire Department received $2,500 to buy a computer.
Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide, FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fire prevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe over the past 30 years.
“At FM Global, we strongly believe the majority of property damage is preventable, not inevitable,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of the fire prevention grant program. “Far too often, inadequate budgets prevent those organizations working to prevent fire from being as proactive as they would like to be. With additional financial support, grant recipients are actively helping to improve property risk in the communities they serve.”
FM Global – a commercial and industrial property insurer with clients in more than 130 nations – is a $4.5 billion policyholder-owned mutual insurance company. Additional information is available at www.FMGlobal.com.
