Risk-Sharing SDML Workers’ Compensation Fund Expands Grant Program for the 2017 Year For seven years the SDML Workers’ Compensation Fund has offered two grant programs to its members. Because these grant programs promote safety, the SDML WC Fund Board of Trustees decided to offer both grant programs for the 2017 year on a first come first serve basis until the grant funds are exhausted. The Board also decided to expand the Stryker EMS grant to include the Stryker Power-LOAD™ system.
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In previous years the Stryker EMS grant program included a 60/40 matching grant to assist our membership in purchasing a Stryker Power-PRO™ ambulance cot or a Stryker Stair-PRO® stair chair. That grant is still available. The expanded part of the grant which includes the Stryker Power-LOAD™ system and is set up to pay 33% of the list price. This will allow more members the opportunity to apply for the grant. The intent of this grant program is to provide a safer workplace for the voluntary EMT’s, firefighters, police officers, and all local government employees that assist their ambulance services to provide emergency transfer of patients. Over the past seven years the SDML WC Fund has awarded 53 grants to our members that total over $130,000. Congratulations to the 2016 grant recipients listed below: j j j j j j j j
Colome VFD/Tripp Co Amb/Tripp County Kimball Ambulance District/City of Kimball Burke Ambulance Service/City of Burke Hill City Ambulance (Pennington Co Fire) Wagner-Lake Andes Ambulance District Custer Ambulance Service Stickney Ambulance Service/City of Stickney Newell Ambulance Svc/Butte Co Ambulance
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