We are the Rural First Responders Foundation (RuralFRF)
A non-profit dedicated to supporting the volunteer First Responders in rural areas of the United States.
rural vfd's need your help and support
The U.S Fire Administration estimates that nearly 70 percent of U.S. firefighters are volunteers. Volunteer-fire departments (VFD's) suffer from a severe lack of funding which keeps them from replacing safety items used while performing their duties, and they are unable to support operations such as resource planning, equipment acquisition and upkeep, retention of qualified personnel, and access to technology.
RuralFRF helps VFD's focus their scarce funding on support operations by making bulk purchases of decontamination wipes, utility/disposable gloves, safety glasses, other small personal safety equipment items, and donating them to rural VFD's.
We also place RuralFRF donation boxes at select retail stores, giving their customers an opportunity to purchase safety items and drop them in the box so that we can donate them to rural VFD's in their surrounding counties and states.
