RALEIGH - Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey announced that the Trenton Emergency Medical Services, Inc. was awarded a $7,404.19 grant through the 2020 Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund from the State of North Carolina. 

The check will be mailed to EMS Chief Michael J Jarman to be used by this rescue/EMS organization to purchase needed equipment. The equipment is purchased using matching funds and must be approved by the Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Marshal. 

"Fire and rescue organizations protect our communities large and small across North Carolina, but sometimes their budgets don't grow with their responsibilities," Commissioner Causey said. "Our emergency service personnel should be supported with the best equipment and supplies needed to do their jobs correctly and safely." 

"I know the Trenton Emergency Medical Services, Inc., will use this money to serve their community even better," Causey added. "Thank you, Chief Michael J Jarman, for all of your hard work and thanks to your dedicated staff." 

Trenton Emergency Medical Services, Inc. has received a total of $60,271.81 from the Volunteer EMS/Rescue Fund in the past 31 years since the program began. The General Assembly created the Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund in 1989 to help volunteer units raise money for equipment and supplies. The grant funds must be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to an approved amount, by monies raised locally to purchase necessary equipment. Since the program's inception, the Department of Insurance has distributed $35,476,818.48 to rescue and EMS squads across the state.