The Richmond Fire Department has fulfilled a request to send eight firefighters to Marshall County to provide coverage for two of their fire stations.
These firefighters will have a 48-hour deployment to western Kentucky, which was devastated by tornadoes last week.
“As western Kentucky continues to recover, the Richmond community has really stepped up in multiple ways to help those in need,” said Richmond City Manager Rob Minerich. “The City wants to do the same, so we have been looking for opportunities to help out and this is another way we are able to do that.”
The firefighters also took with them the donation of supplies from the Richmond community that they had acquired this week at each station. The team of firefighters left Richmond at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 17.
“We were more than willing to honor the Marshall County request and provide coverage with our firefighters. We know they’d do the same for us and at the end of the day, anything we can do to help, we will,” said Richmond Fire Chief Samuel Kirby.
