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CARLSBAD, CA - World Emergency Relief (WER-US) has
donated a fire engine to the Tegucigalpa Fire Department in Honduras.
Part of WER's continued support of Honduras and its communities,
this latest addition to the fleet is a first response unit, fully
equipped with a high pressure water pump, rescue equipment, and
equipment for managing hazardous materials incidents. It formerly
served the Strathclyde Fire Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
WER’s overall strategy for Honduras also includes a newly
built, full service medical clinic operated by firefighters and
EMT personnel in the heart of Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital.
Later this year, WER expects to also fund a mobile command
center that the Bomberos can deploy anywhere throughout the
country.
Coordinated
by WER’s office in Tegucigalpa,
the Carlsbad agency also funded a Honduras-based response
team that sent local
firefighters, medical relief workers and other volunteers
into the hurricane-devastated countryside in late 2005.
WER’s CEO and Founder, Joel MacCollam, himself a former volunteer
fireman, shared, “we are committed to helping the Honduras
national fire service do their difficult job with the resources,
supplies and support they need to serve their communities.”
World
Emergency Relief is a global family of six charities sharing a
common vision and core values, working
together with local and
indigenous nonprofit organizations to fight poverty and hunger,
and provide relief for victims of disaster, conflict and
despair. Our vision is “giving children a living chance”,
by addressing the practical, emotional, spiritual and economic
needs
of children, their families and communities.
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