Sam Sloan, a resident of Calhoun, Missouri, donated the lump sum to the struggling department, KMBC first reported.
“I’m making a donation to the fire department.
“It’s half a million dollars and a half a million dollars is a pretty good donation.”.
The Calhoun fire department, which serves the town’s 500 residents, has long struggled with a small budget.
Due to financial constraints, the volunteer department has been using gear from the 1980s.
The department is forced to regularly repair older fire trucks, with at least three trucks no longer working.
The Calhoun fire department plans to pass on their old equipment to other rural fire departments that are struggling, KMBC reported. »