BRENHAM FIRE DEPT. RECEIVES $25,000 LCRA GRANT TO PURCHASE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS
$25,000 grant to the Brenham Fire Department for
six new thermal imaging cameras. The grant is part
of LCRA’s Community Development Partnership
Program. Pictured, from left to right, are: Alexander
Knight, Garrett Brown and Coltin Whitaker,
firefighters; Joe Hinds and Dustin Palmore, engineer
operators; Ryan Swor, lieutenant; Carolyn Miller, City
of Brenham city manager; Mark Donovan, fire chief;
Atwood C. Kenjura, mayor; Kyle Bentke, vice
president of the department’s volunteer division;
Margaret D. “Meg” Voelter, LCRA Board member;
Jonathan Schramm, president of the volunteer
division and engineer operator; Stephen Draehn,
assistant fire chief of the volunteer division; David
Cella, assistant chief; Annette Tiemann, assistant
secretary-treasurer of the volunteer division; Josh
Sebastian, captain; Kate Ramzinski, LCRA Regional
Affairs representative; and John Durrenberger,
Washington County Judge.
(courtesy LCRA)
The Brenham Fire Department is outfitting its fleet with new thermal imaging cameras after receiving grant funding from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and the City of Brenham.
The department was awarded a $25,000 grant through the LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program. Along with $6,990 in matching funds from the department, the grant will be used to purchase six thermal imaging cameras, replacing aging equipment and helping firefighters identify places where a fire has spread and locate victims faster during emergency calls.
Jonathan Schramm, president of the Brenham Fire Department’s volunteer division, said, “These new cameras will make a real difference by giving each apparatus its own reliable unit, which allows us to search buildings more quickly, reach people in fires more quickly and reduce property damage.”
Along with enhancing victim rescue operations, the cameras allow firefighters to more easily find hotspots behind walls or ceilings, limiting the need to tear out unburned areas.
The grant is one of 45 awarded recently through the LCRA’s grant program. Applications for the next round of grants will open in July at https://lcra.org/cdpp.
So use the the camera to see where the fire is and victims. That will take longer amount of time to setup up and the fire spreads more Doesn’t make sense More money getting wasted Common sense if you see smoke there is fire.