SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, a charitable arm of the Firehouse Subs restaurant chain, has donated a thermal imaging camera to the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, a charitable arm of the Firehouse Subs restaurant chain, has donated a thermal imaging camera to the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department.
The camera can detect body heat and hot spots in burning buildings, aiding firefighters in locating people inside smoke-filled structures. The device is worth about $10,800.
A ceremony was held Thursday at the Firehouse Subs restaurant at Southridge Centre.
The restaurant chain's foundation has donated more than $5.7 million in equipment to first responders and public safety agencies in the United States, according to a company news release. Local stores raise money through selling recycled pickle buckets and through donations.
Thursday's donation was the company's first in West Virginia. Besides the Southridge restaurant, Firehouse Subs has a location in White Hall, Marion County, and is opening another at the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, according to the company's website.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, a charitable arm of the Firehouse Subs restaurant chain, has donated a thermal imaging camera to the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department.
The camera can detect body heat and hot spots in burning buildings, aiding firefighters in locating people inside smoke-filled structures. The device is worth about $10,800.
A ceremony was held Thursday at the Firehouse Subs restaurant at Southridge Centre.
The restaurant chain's foundation has donated more than $5.7 million in equipment to first responders and public safety agencies in the United States, according to a company news release. Local stores raise money through selling recycled pickle buckets and through donations.
Thursday's donation was the company's first in West Virginia. Besides the Southridge restaurant, Firehouse Subs has a location in White Hall, Marion County, and is opening another at the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, according to the company's website.
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