Energy company donates $25,000 to El Paso firefighters, food bank

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Dallas-based company Energy Transfer on Thursday gifted the El Paso Fire Department $15,000. It also donated $10,000 given to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank as part of the initiative to give back to West Texas communities.

Brandon Kovach, Special Operation Chief at EPFD, said the money will go to hazmat trailer upgrades so the department can handle two situations across the county at once.

“This funding and training training that it’s going to provide us is going to allow us to be more efficient and accurate and allow us to clear a scene quicker and faster and provide a better service to the community,” Kovach said…

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