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Montgomery County Fire Departments Receive Life Saving Gas Detection Monitors

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August 6th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) — Montgomery County fire departments had received life saving gas detection monitors through a generous donation from the E.F. & Sylvia Schildberg Foundation in partnership with the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency and the Southwest Iowa Squadron of Heroes. The new gas detection monitors will be used for a wide array of emergency situations that each fire department responds to on a daily basis and will better assist them in responding to and mitigating hazardous material situations, gas leaks and first responder safety during incidents.
Brian Hamman, Montgomery County Emergency Management Director says “Once again, the Schildberg Foundation has supported our local public safety agencies by providing financial support towards capital improvement projects such as this. By standardizing our equipment throughout the county, it ensures that when an emergency or disaster strikes these new monitors can be used efficiently amongst members and will assist when mutual aid is needed between departments.”

Photo credit” Montgomery County EMA Facebook page

The overall cost of this project was nearly $7,500.00 and was paid entirely through the generous donation by the E.F. & Sylvia Schildberg Foundation. Montgomery County Emergency Management was awarded $5,000.00 in the 2021 grant cycle towards this project and the Southwest Iowa Squadron of Heroes guaranteed the remaining balance of $2,500.00 from their Fire/EMS fundraising efforts.
Background:

The Schildberg Construction Company of Greenfield, Iowa was founded in 1937 by a great husband and wife team, E.F. and Sylvia Schildberg. They valued hard work, honesty, loyalty and a desire to help others. The company prospered over the years and the list of employees and customers grew. E.F. and Sylvia always gave a great share of the credit for their success to their employees and customers.
On September 30, 1987, fifty years after the founding of the Schildberg Construction Company, the Schildberg Foundation was created by Sylvia Schildberg as an ongoing expression of appreciation to the people of this area. On June 9, 2011, the name of the Schildberg Foundation was changed to E.F. and Sylvia Schildberg Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to give financial assistance to non-profit charitable, educational, or other causes that better the human condition and encourage community betterment. It was the hope of E.F. and Sylvia that in helping others, the ultimate reward would be for that same dedication to be passed on to future generations.
With that in mind, those of us now involved with the E.F. and Sylvia Schildberg Foundation ask that each of you who might benefit in some way make your own pledge to “pass it on”.