SHAWNEETOWN – Illinois State Fire Marshal Michele Pankow visited the Shawneetown Fire
Department Friday to present checks totaling $350,000 each to the Shawneetown and
Carrier Mills Fire Departments and $300,000 to the Equality Fire Department through the Office of the State Fire Marshal’s Fire Station Construction and Rehabilitation Grant Program.
The OSFM awarded $5 million dollars to 17 grantees across the state. This funding will allow fire
departments or fire protection districts to repair, upgrade, or construct new fire houses.
