The Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District was recently selected to receive a COVID-19 Responder Support grant from Williams.

Sara Delgado, Williams’ Manager of Community Relations and Charitable Giving wrote to the District, “As a premier energy infrastructure company that handles clean-burning natural gas used every day to heat homes, cook food, and generate electricity, one of our Core Values and Beliefs is to support the communities where its employees work and live. That is why it is with great pleasure we enclose a check in the amount of $1,000.00 representing Williams’ contribution for COVID-19 Responder Support.”

Chief Warren Ashmore announced the grant award during the District’s monthly commission meeting on May 26. “Receiving this grant was a welcomed surprise. As our personnel respond to calls, we never know what the environment might be, and COVID-19 has been an additional concern for the health and welfare of our first responders and the neighbors we’re here to help. This grant will help purchase more supplies to reduce the likelihood of contracting or transmitting the virus.”

Pam Hilsman, chair of the Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District Commission echoed Chief Ashmore. “First responders have a difficult job, by nature. They don’t know exactly what they’ll face when they respond to a call, and there are often unexpected factors that appear. We appreciate Williams recognizing the unknown that our personnel face in the COVID-19 era, and we are grateful to have a corporate partner like them who is willing to take extra steps to keep our people safe.”

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About Williams
Williams (NYSE: WMB) is committed to being the leader in providing infrastructure that safely delivers natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams is an industry-leading, investment grade C-Corp with operations across the natural gas value chain including gathering, processing, interstate transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids. With major positions in top U.S. supply basins, Williams connects the best supplies with the growing demand for clean energy. Williams owns and operates more than 30,000 miles of pipelines system wide – including Transco, the nation’s largest volume and fastest growing pipeline – and handles approximately 30 percent of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day for clean-power generation, heating and industrial use. www.williams.com

About the Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District
The Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District was created on June 3, 2015 by Act 48 of the South Carolina General Assembly to address evolving fire and emergency needs of the coverage area of the former Landrum Fire Department that included the incorporated City of Landrum, a contract area in Spartanburg County outside (but adjacent to) the city, and approximately 22% of the Foothills Fire Service Area in Greenville County. The district was created to transition from a part-time paid department relying primarily on volunteers to a full-time paid staff of fire fighters with emergency response personnel augmented by volunteers. For more information about the Landrum Area Fire and Rescue District, visit www.LandrumFire.com.

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