ComEd’s Powering Safe Communities program
provides grants funding 24 local safety initiatives
ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus have awarded $170,000
in grants to fund projects in 24 municipalities to improve local
public safety through ComEd’s Powering Safe Communities
program.
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In the program’s second year, ComEd has both increased funding
and the number of projects it is able to support through their
Powering Safe Communities Program.
“ComEd serves nearly 4 million customers in hundreds of Illinois
communities and we know the extremely important role safety plays
in our everyday lives – for us, it is our number one priority.
Recognizing the increased need to help keep our communities safe,
we knew it was essential to expand the program to help communities
maximize their impact and resources,” said Fidel Marquez, senior
vice president of Governmental and External Affairs, ComEd.
These grants will provide additional resources to help each
winning municipality improve efficiency and the delivery of public
safety programs, increase community resiliency, rollout public
safety education programs and address unmet safety needs. Grants of
up to $10,000 were offered to support the most innovative,
impactful and essential public safety projects.
“Every day at ComEd, we work hard to ensure that we are doing
our part to keep our communities safe and are excited to celebrate
the neighborhoods that are committed to doing the same,” said
Marquez. “Each and every community that was awarded this grant is
focused on the safety of their residents and we commend them for
their heroic efforts.”
The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, a regional council of
governments that fosters collaboration to improve the quality of
life for communities in the region, will administer the Powering
Safe Communities grants.
“Public safety is a paramount concern for municipal government.
Public servants in law enforcement, fire, emergency medical
services, emergency management, public works, traffic safety, and
public health, work to assure the safety and well-being of
residents round-the-clock,” said Jim Holland, Mayors Caucus
Executive Board Chairman and Mayor of Frankfort. “ComEd’s generous
partnership allows two-dozen communities to both address unmet
needs and innovate to improve public safety for more than 700,000
residents served by these local governments.”
Additional information on the Powering Safe Communities program
can be found here:
http://mayorscaucus.org/initiatives/environment/psee-2/
The 24 Powering Safe Communities grant recipients for 2016
are:
City of Aurora
The City of Aurora’s grant will fund the new Neighborhood Group
Support Program Team to educate and empower residents to take an
active role in the safety of their neighborhoods. The grant also
will fund purchase and distribution of 100 LED, solar-powered,
motion-sensor lights to brighten up back yards and alleyways in
low-income neighborhoods.
Village of Bartlett Police Department
The Village of Bartlett’s grant will fund the purchase and
installation of six Tapco® School Speed Limit blinker signs on
roadways surrounding Bartlett Elementary School and Eastview Middle
School. These signs will help to slow down traffic in school zones,
making walking and bicycling to school safer.
Village of Beecher
The Village of Beecher’s grant will fund the installation of a
generator to provide back-up power for the Village's Emergency
Operations Center located in the Village Hall. This will allow
emergency services to be offered without interruption in the event
of a disaster.
Village of Burnham
The Village of Burnham’s grant will fund the purchase and
installation of a clean-burning, fuel-efficient back-up generator
for the Community Center. This will provide a heating and cooling
facility for residents in times of natural disaster and other
safety and health related emergencies – when residents’ personal
utilities are not operable or are non-existent.
Channahon Park District
The Channahon Park District’s grant will go towards replacing 3
Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) and to purchase a matching
training AED to enable the fastest response for sudden cardiac
arrest emergencies at park district facilities.
City of Chicago Heights Police Department
The Chicago Heights Police Department’s grant will help purchase
2 Airstar 600W LED lighting systems to illuminate accidents and
incident scenes to improve emergency response.
Chicago Ridge Emergency Management Agency
The grant to Chicago Ridges’ Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
will help upgrade the emergency warning devices to notify
residents, business occupants, malls, schools, etc. of impending
danger to the area.
Village of Deer Park
The Village of Deer Park’s grant will allow for the installation
of a backup power source for the emergency operations centers that
will allow emergency services, as well as shelter, to be provided
during disaster.
City of Des Plaines Police Department
The Des Plaines Police has recently created the “Rescue Task
Force,” which reduces the amount of time it takes to provide
immediate lifesaving aid to victims in emergency situations. The
grant would be used to purchase a medical emergency bag to store in
the trunk of every dedicated patrol car in the fleet, allowing
police to administer aid to victims immediately.
Village of Downers Grove Fire Department
The Downers Grove Fire Department’s grant will help support the
replacement of hydraulic rescue tools on its heavy rescue unit,
used on important regional crossroads in the village. These
tools are used to disentangle vehicle crash victims as well as
perform functions in specialized rescue situations.
Village of Hanover Park Police Department
The Hanover Park Police Department grant will equip 10 marked
police vehicles with automatic external defibrillators (AEDs)
allowing officers to greatly improve survival for victims of sudden
cardiac arrest throughout the village and along its important
regional crossroads.
Village of Kildeer
The Village of Kildeer in cooperation with Ela Township and the
Citizens Emergency Response Team will use their grant to purchase a
portable light tower that will help protect the motoring public and
personnel at traffic crash scenes, crime scenes as well as in
vulnerable areas throughout the communities that experience power
outages or other natural related disasters.
Village of Lemont Police Department
The Lemont Police Department’s grant will be used to purchase a
Stalker SAM Radar Trailer and Traffic Statistics Software to reduce
the number of speeding vehicles within the Village of Lemont.
Village of Lynwood Fire Department
The Lynwood Fire Department’s grant will help fund the purchase
of a Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) that enables fire fighters to see
through smoke and other obstructions to locate victims and find the
seat of a fire. It will also purchase a 600' firefighting attack
hose for use on the "first-out" and mutual aid engine
Mundelein Police Department
The Mundelein Police Department’s grant will support The First
Chance program, which collaborates with other law enforcement and
public health agencies throughout seven communities in Lake County,
IL (Mundelein, Gurnee, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Round Lake Beach,
Round Lake Park, and Grayslake). The program will offer immediate
assistance to those experiencing drug addictions by connecting them
with treatment services.
Village of Northfield
The Village of Northfield’s grant will allow the installation of
three outdoor mass notification sirens to warn residents and
visitors in disaster situations.
Village of Oswego
The Oswego Police Department’s grant will allow for the purchase
of two POWERMOON LED portable light towers and a gas power source
to be used in numerous applications including nighttime crime
scenes and accident reconstruction.
Village of Park Forest Police Department
The Park Forest Police Department’s grant will provide funding
for 8 AEDs: one for each on-duty marked police vehicle, and 2 for
important police facilities allowing rapid response to victims of
sudden cardiac arrest. The initiative will also two officers to
become certified AED trainers to further train all officers and
civilian staff to use the devices.
Village of Schiller Park Fire Department
The Village of Schiller Park’s grant will greatly improve the
learning experience of its fire prevention/response training
program by purchasing and utilizing a Live-Fire Extinguisher
Training System. Fire-extinguisher training will be offered to
school personnel and to residents through community programs and
events.
Village of South Barrington Police Department
The South Barrington Police Department’s grant will fund a
handheld thermal night vision unit to assist in searching for
missing and endangered children or adults and to identify and
locate potential threats to the safety of those in the village.
Sublette Fire Protection District
The Sublette Fire Protection District’s grant will replace
essential ladders, lights, and tools lost in this volunteer fire
district’s heroic response to the F-2 tornado in 2015. The tools
will equip its new, replacement fire engine.
Village of Westchester Fire Department
The Village of Westchester Fire Department’s grant will help
purchase an E-Hydraulic extrication-cutting tool for its Heavy
Rescue Squad vehicle that is used on serious vehicle accidents, in
the village and its important crossroads. It will also support
extensive staff training on the.
Village of Woodridge Police Department
The Village of Woodridge’s Police Department’s grant will
purchase a second radar speed sign for the Speed Zone Enforcement
Project. The project will simultaneously target multiple areas of
town by enforcing speed limits and traffic laws in “hot spot” areas
and school zones to increase motorist and pedestrian safety
throughout the community.
City of Woodstock Police Department
The City of Woodstock grant will help purchase 32 Police Body
Cameras to increase public safety by instilling trust and
cooperation between the public and law enforcement in the county
seat of McHenry County.
About Metropolitan Mayors
Caucus
The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus is a membership organization
of the Chicago region’s 275 cities, towns and villages. Founded in
1997 by then Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and leading mayors from
nine suburban municipal groups, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
pushes past geographical boundaries and local interests to work on
public policy issues. The caucus provides a forum for metropolitan
Chicago’s chief elected officials to collaborate on
common problems and work toward a common goal of improving the
quality of life for the millions of people who call the region
home. For more information visit http://mayorscaucus.org/
About ComEd
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with approximately 10 million customers. ComEd
provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across
northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For
more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on
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