February 13, 2006
ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS AWARDED GRANTS
More than $90,000 granted to all 11 EMS regions
SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, announced today 78 emergency medical systems ( EMS) grants for area providers totaling $93,716. State EMS providers will use the grant money to buy various first responder equipment and pay for paramedic training.
“New, up-to-date equipment and the latest training for medical responders are vitally important for EMS operations and can honestly mean the difference between life and death. Unfortunately, many responders cannot afford the equipment or training,” said Dr. Whitaker. “But fortunately, the Emergency Medical Systems Assistance Fund offers grant opportunities each year for EMS providers to buy equipment and pay for training to help increase the safety of all Illinois residents.”
The Emergency Medical Systems Assistance Fund is comprised of fees collected from ambulance inspections, emergency medical technician licenses and fines the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) collects for EMS Act violations. IDPH solicits all EMS providers to submit grant applications to their regional EMS advisory board. The regional boards make recommendations on the applications to IDPH. The Division of Emergency Medical Systems staff has the final review and then awards the grants.
he fund amount varies each year with this year’s total at $93,716. EMS providers from all 11 EMS regions received grants.
Agency Name |
Amount |
Purpose of Award |
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Amboy Fire Protection District |
$2,400 |
Stair chair |
Cortland Fire Protection District |
$850 |
Pulse oximeter/ pediatric immobilization board |
Malta Fire Department |
$978 |
Portable suction/ manual suction |
Menominee-Dunleith Fire Department |
$1,298 |
Plastic stokes stretcher/head immobilizer/ spider straps/ pulse oximeter |
Northwest Fire Protection District |
$887 |
EMS equipment bags/ pediatric immobilization board/ AED trainer |
Rock Falls Fire Department |
$750 |
Suction unit |
Stockton Community Ambulance Association |
$2,090 |
Stair chair |
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| Region 2 |
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Andalusia Volunteer Ambulance |
$3,500 |
Ambulance cot with vehicle mounts |
Hopedale fire Protection District |
$400 |
Cell phone ampliphier repeater |
Long Point Community Volunteer Fire Protection District |
$500 |
Spider straps/ head blocks/ first responder kits |
Octavia Fire Protection District |
$480 |
Pediatric backboards with straps/ inflatable car seats |
Ohio Fire Protection District |
$400 |
Trauma bag |
Ottawa River Rescue Squad |
$520 |
Cold water immersion suits |
Serena Community Fire Protection District |
$880 |
Oxygen delivery systems/ aluminum oxygen cylinders |
Tonica Volunteer Fire Department, Inc |
$335 |
Infant and pediatric immobilization board |
Varna Fire Protection District Ambulance |
$900 |
Adult airway manikin |
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| Region 3 |
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Auburn Emergency Squad |
$1,170 |
Training on intubation |
Divernon Fire Protection District |
$760 |
CPR training manikin/ Jr. manikin |
Mt. Olive Fire Protection District |
$910 |
Compact suction unit/long backboards/ spider straps |
QEM Fire Protection District |
$795 |
Suction unit |
Quincy Fire Department |
$570 |
Infant ALS trainer |
Taylor Springs Fire Department |
$1,345 |
Pediatric spine boards/KED/ALS trauma case/ jumbo D cylinder/ regulators/ air splint kid/ SAM splint/ blood pressure cuffs |
Versailles First Responders |
$915 |
Dynamed trauma/ oxygen kit/ pro splint complete kit/ backboard/ head immobilizer/ backboard straps with speed clips |
Warsaw Volunteer Ambulance Service |
$2,500 |
Gurney |
Waverly Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad |
$2,174 |
Portable suction unit/ difficult air airway trainer for combi tube/ soft stretcher |
Winchester EMS |
$1597 |
Splints/ Res-Q-Vac/ replacement bottles/ backboards/ backboard straps |
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| Region 4 |
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Alton Volunteer Emergency Corp |
$1,130 |
Water rescue manikin, pulse oximeter |
Bartsow fire Protection District |
$780 |
Head blocks |
Fosterburg Fire Protection District |
$625 |
Battery for AED/LikePak/Blood pressure kit |
Godfrey Fire Protection District |
$795 |
Suction unit |
Irvington Fire Protection District |
$2,075 |
Basic supply replacements |
Millstadt Ambulance Service |
$900 |
Suction unit |
Pocahontas – Old Ripley Fire Protection District |
$2,500 |
Paramedic training |
South Roxana Fire Protection District |
$782 |
MCI triage kit/ pediatric immobilization & splint kit/backboards, straps and spider straps |
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| Region 5 |
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Alexander County Ambulance Service |
$850 |
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Carterville Fire Department |
$1,300 |
Stair chair |
Dowell First Responders |
$1,155 |
Pulse oximeter/spine straps/ head immobilization board |
Jefferson Fire Protection District |
$1,120 |
Basic EMS supplies |
Massac Memorial Ambulance Service |
$1,000 |
Compact Suction Unit |
Mount Carmel Fire Department |
$1,443 |
Floating/X-ray backboard with pins, blood pressure cuff and stethoscope |
North Wayne Ambulance Service |
$3,500 |
Ambulance cot |
Village of Buncombe |
$735 |
Adult/child traction splint |
Wayne City Ambulance Service |
$1,1,00 |
Suction machines |
Pope County Volunteer Ambulance Service |
$625 |
Car Seat/ full body vacuum splint |
Sesser Fire Protection District |
$955 |
KED/ pediatric immobilization device/ suction unit |
Union County Ambulance Service |
$990 |
Stair chair |
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| Region 6 |
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Brocton Fire Protection District |
$453 |
Pulse oximeter/ blood pressure unit |
Charleston Fire and Rescue |
$960 |
Jump bags |
City of Clinton DBA Dr. John Warner Hospital |
$800 |
Inflatable car seats/ pediatric backboards |
Humboldt Fire Protection District |
$640 |
First responder equipment |
Iroquois Memorial Hospital and Resident Home |
$1,000 |
Stair chair |
Longview Volunteer Fire Department |
$435 |
EMS equipment |
Martinton Ambulance |
$800 |
Stair Chair |
Metcalf Fire Protection District |
$955 |
Vacuum splint/ portable suction |
Pesotum Fire Protection District |
$1,000 |
Oxygen equipment |
South Wheatland Fire Protection District |
$1,515 |
Suction unit/ pulse oximeter |
Toledo Emergency Area Ambulance Service |
$960 |
Stair chair |
Village of Greenup Community Ambulance Service |
$760 |
Backboard/ head immobilizer kits/ Hare traction splints |
Warrensburg Fire Protection District |
$600 |
AED training equipment |
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| Region 7 |
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Cary Fire Protection District |
$650 |
Pulse oximeter |
Central Stickney Fire Protection District |
$1,218 |
Laryngoscope set |
Dixmoor Fire Department |
$600 |
PALS training manikin |
Fox River Grove Fire Protection District |
$3,200 |
Ambulance cot |
Gardner Emergency Squad |
$550 |
Casualty simulation kit |
Highland Park Fire Department |
$1,650 |
Braselow pedi bag |
Lake Forest Fire Department |
$1,840 |
Adult KED/ pediatric immobilization device/ triage kits |
Lake Villa Rescue Squad |
$2,125 |
Stair chair |
MABAS Division 20 |
$1,617 |
Replace equipment on mass casualty trailer |
Maywood Fire Department |
$ 1,200 |
AED batteries |
Northwestern Memorial Hospital EMS Department |
$ 6,570 |
Training equipment for EMS provider agencies in Region 11 |
Rockland Fire Protection District |
$665 |
Pedi splint kit/ SKED evacuation sled/ immobilization straps |
South Holland Fire Department |
$1,000 |
Laryngoscope kits |
Spring Grove Fire Protection District |
$425 |
Pediatric backboards |
Village of Evergreen Park Fire Department |
$570 |
Water rescue kit |
Village of Hoffman Estates, Fire Department |
$1,984 |
EMS jump bag replacements |
Village of Oak Lawn/ Oak Lawn Fire Department |
$1,350 |
AED batteries/ heart monitor replacement batteries |
Village of River Grove Fire Department |
$1,025 |
Backboards with straps/ emergency response bag |
Village of University Park |
$335 |
Reeves sleeves |
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