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S.A.F.E.: Sharing Appreciation for Fire Department Excellence

Peoples is committed to making lives better throughout the region where our employees live and work. This includes supporting local volunteer fire departments that work side-by-side with our employees and protect the communities we serve.

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Fire departments play an important role in protecting our communities and many of them are staffed by volunteer firefighters who are trained to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life and the environment. To show our support for these brave volunteers, including our own employee volunteer firefighters, we created S.A.F.E.: Sharing Appreciation for Fire Department Excellence. 

S.A.F.E. is a new volunteer fire department recognition program available to the VFDs in our service territory and is intended to provide funding that will keep these departments strong and functional for our communities. We will distribute two $2,500 donations per month to volunteer fire departments that meet the minimum requirements of the application process:

  • Volunteer fire  department must be located in Peoples' service territory
  • Application must include a brief description of how the department promotes 811 and carbon monoxide detectors
  • Fire department must be a 501(c) charitable organization and must be able to supply an up-to-date W-9

Interested in applying or nominating a VFD? Download the application and return it to Communications@peoples-gas.com or via mail to Community Relations, Peoples, 375 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.

You only need to submit your station once - if your VFD is not chosen for the month that you nominate it, it will be considered for future donations throughout the year. 

2019 S.A.F.E. Program Recipients

  • South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company
    Specialist, Senior, Safety/Tech Training Paul Pantages (McKeesport Training Center) nominated the South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company for the S.A.F.E. program. Paul, who serves as a volunteer, said that the fire department would purchase gas meters and CO detectors with their donation.
  • Salem Township Fire Department
    The Salem Township Fire Department received a donation from the S.A.F.E. Program to purchase new air packs for their fire fighters. 
  • Blawnox Glenover Fire Company
    The Blawnox-Glenover Fire Company was nominated by Specialist, Intermediate, Business Process Nick Matelan (North Shore), who shared that the fire company will purchase CO detectors with their S.A.F.E. proceeds.
  • Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Department
    Fitter Operator and Assistant Fire Chief Travis Jones (Waynesburg) nominated the Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Department. The department will use their donation to purchase new smoke and CO detectors.
  • Youngstown Volunteer Fire Department

    The first ever recipient of a S.A.F.E. Program $2,500 donation was the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Department, nominated by Pipeline Inspector Ashley Guidos (Greensburg), who also serves as a volunteer firefighter.  The Youngstown VFD will use the donation to purchase a multi-gas monitor.

  • Burrell Township VFD
    The Burrell Township VFD was nominated by Pipeline Inspector Michael Bell (Valley). Mike serves on the squad as a volunteer firefighter and said that the department will use the donation toward smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
  • Hundred VFD
    The town of Hundred, WV wrote to us seeking funding to help rebuild their town after several unfortunate bouts of flooding. Our donation them will help with the purchase of new emergency response vehicles.
  • North Irwin Volunteer Fire Company
    Supervisor, Construction Operations Paul McIntyre (McKeesport), who is the town's mayor, nominated the North Irwin VFD. Paul said that the department will use their donation for new gas detection meters.
  • Crescent Township VFD
    Crescent Township VFD used their donation during an outage in March to provide a warming center to local residents. 
  • Worthington/West Franklin VFD
    The Worthington VFD was nominated by Administrative Assistant, Senior Chris Shields (Butler). The department will use the donation to build a new garage for their emergency response vehicles.