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2021 Volunteer Ambulance & EMT Services Grants

First response for medical emergencies in many rural Montana communities are handled by volunteer QRUs (Quick Response Units), Volunteer EMTs and ambulance services.

Many of these organizations receive little or no support from local governments, depending instead on donations and community spaghetti fundraisers to purchase needed equipment and supplies.

Organizations like these often delay purchasing such needed items as high-visibility jackets, pagers, radios, tablets, ambulance upgrades, safety gear, medical packs, automatic external defibrillators (AED), CPR training equipment, turnout gear, chest compression equipment, or other minor equipment.

In July 2021, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation awarded $550,000 in grants to 78 QRUs and volunteer EMT and ambulance services. 

2021 Grant Recipients

Absarokee - Absarokee Rural Fire District

Anaconda - Georgetown VFD/QRU

Baker - Fallon County

Belt - Belt Volunteer Ambulance Service

Big Timber - Sweet Grass County Search & Rescue

Broadus - Powder River First Responders, LTD

Boulder - Boulder Ambulance Service

Bozeman - Fort Ellis Rural Fire Corporation

Butte - I15-90 Search and Rescue

Charlo - Charlo-Moiese Volunteer Fire Department

Chester - Liberty County Ambulance

Chinook - Blaine County Ambulance 1

Choteau - Teton County EMS

Circle - Redwater Valley Ambulance Service

Clancy - Clancy Volunteer Fire Department

Columbia Falls - Columbia Falls Firefighters, Inc.

Columbia Falls - Badrock Fire & QRU

Columbus - Columbus Rural Fire District #3

Conrad - Pondera County Ambulance

Cooke City - Cooke City - Silvergate Emergency Services

Corvallis - Corvallis Quick Response Medical Unit

Culbertson - Roosevelt Medical Center EMS

Dayton - Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire/QRU

Denton - Denton Ambulance Service, Inc.

Dillon - Beaverhead County Search & Rescue

Ekalaka - Dahl Memorial Healthcare Ambulance

Ennis - Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation

Fort Benton - Memorial Ambulance of Fort Benton

Gardiner - Gateway Hose Company

Geraldine - Geraldine Community Ambulance

Glasgow - Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Foundation

Glendive - City of Glendive Ambulance

Glendive - Dawson County Search and Rescue Team, Inc.

Grass Range - Grass Range QRU, Inc.

Grass Range - Cheadle Volunteer Fire Dept.

Hinsdale - Hinsdale Ambulance Service

Hot Springs - Town of Hot Springs

Jefferson City - Jefferson City VFD

Joliet - Joliet Emergency Services

Kalispell - West Valley Rural Fire District

Kalispell - Smith Valley Fire District

Lakeside - Lakeside QRU, Inc.

Laurel - Laurel EMS

Lavina - Golden Valley County Ambulance

Libby - Libby Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc.

Libby - Fisher River Valley Fire Service Area

Libby - Lincoln County Sheriff Department

Lincoln - Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance Service

Miles City - Custer County Firefighters Association

Missoula - Missoula County Search and Rescue

Montana City - Montana City VFD

Opheim - North Valley EMS, Inc.

Park City - Park City Ambulance

Polaris - Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company

Poplar - Northeast Montana Health Services

Rexford - West Kootenai Fire Protection Company

Richey - Town of Richey Volunteer Ambulance Service

Rudyard - Hill County Ambulance

Scobey - Daniels County Emergency Services

Seeley Lake - Seeley Lake Rural Fire District

Shepherd - Shepherd VFD/QRU

Sheridan - Ruby Valley EMS

Sidney - Richland County Ambulance Service

Stanford - Judith Basin County Ambulance

Stevensville - Stevensville Rural Fire District

Superior - Superior VFD

Superior - Superior Area Ambulance Service

Thompson Falls - Thompson Falls Ambulance

Three Forks - Three Forks Ambulance

Townsend - American Legion Post #42

Troy - City of Troy

Victor - Victor Volunteer Rural Fire District

Whitefish - City of Whitefish Fire Department

Whitehall - Jefferson Valley EMS & Rescue

Winifred - Winifred Ambulance

Winnett - Winnett Volunteer Fire Department

Wise River - Wise River Volunteer Fire Company

Wolf Point - Northeast Montana Health Services

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