West Frankfort Elks helps Fire Department Purchase Ambulance Equipment

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WEST FRANKFORT, IL (William McPherson, West Frankfort Gazette.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.

Members of the West Frankfort community came together last week to give back to those who routinely put their lives on the line to keep us all safe.

Members of the West Frankfort community came together last week to give back to those who routinely put their lives on the line to keep us all safe. Those on hand for the $1500 donation included Elks Exalted Ruler Ed Wall, Lecturing Knight Jessie Talbott, Former Exalted Ruler and Elks Trustee Bernadine Walley, Member Meesha Surratt, and Secretary Debbie Tango as well as West Frankfort Fire Chief Jody Allen. (William McPherson, WF Gazette Photo

A recent donation from the West Frankfort Elks of $1,500 will enable the West Frankfort Fire Department to make a much needed purchase. The money will go towards the purchase of a stair chair—a device used to carry people up or down stairs during an emergency.

“If we have someone injured upstairs, or down in a basement, we can’t just grab them, so these chairs we can put them in here and strap them in and then we can safely transport them,” said West Frankfort Fire Chief Jody Allen. “They’re very helpful to us,” Allen added.