St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department receives grant for new radios

Members of the St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department accepted a donation of $4,500 from Marathon Petroleum Corporation to use toward the purchase of new radios.

The donation was part of the Marathon Community Grants Program, which funds emergency response teams along their pipeline route, according to Chief James LeBlanc.

He said the program focuses on supporting responders such as local volunteer fire departments.

The Galvez-Lake Volunteer Fire Deparmtne received grant funding in 2024.

“We are extremely grateful for the generous donation made toward the purchase of new radios,” LeBlanc said. “On behalf of the St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department, we would like to personally thank Marathon Pipeline, for always being a community supporter of emergency response here in Ascension Parish.”

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