(Atlantic) Atlantic City Councilman Jim Behrens is donating the $500.00 Fox Engineering reward to the Atlantic Fire Department.
Fox Engineering sponsored the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference and drew Jim Behrens’ name to receive the $500.00 reward.
At Wednesday’s City Council meeting, Angie Strotman, Fox Engineering representative, presented City Council with the check. City representatives agreed because Jim Behrens represented Atlantic at the League of Cities Annual Conference, he decided where that money should go. Behrens donated the money to the Atlantic Fire Departments’ fundraising efforts to purchase new battery-operated, extrication tools and portables. The new tools give the AFD the freedom to use the tools anywhere, anytime, without a hook to the fire truck.
The Department’s goal is to raise $35,000 towards this equipment which includes; a cutter, a spreader, and a ram which the Department continually uses. The goal is to increase the money by the end of the year.
