Stayin’ Alive grants $30K to North Castle First Responders

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Michelle and Christine awarding 2017 Stayin' Alive Grants to North Castle First Responders

Stayin’ Alive grants $30K to North Castle First Responders: The 4th Annual Stayin’ Alive 5K & Fun Run and Walk will be held this Saturday, May 13 at 8am. The run starts at The Windmill Club and continues through Windmill’s woodsy community. The stayin_alive_race Stayin’ Alive 5K raised almost $30,000 last year for equipment for North Castle First Responders that is not covered in their annual budget.

Stayin’ Alive is a 501 (c)3 charity started by Michelle Berliner and Christy Saltstein after experiencing the devastation that Armonk and specifically the Windmill community experienced when Hurricane Sandy hit in October 2012. They were Inspired to give back to the community after witnessing the work of North Castle’s first responders who helped save the lives of their husbands Andrew Berliner and Doug Saltstein who were injured in a hurricane related accident.

First responders recently demonstrated some of the equipment in Armonk Square that Stayin’ Alive Grants helped them purchase. On display were 11 High Temperature Face Masks that the charity granted to the Independent Fire Company of Mount Kisco; 2 GMI Gas Meters that help with the investigation of gas leaks granted to the North White Plains Fire Department; a Lifepak 12 Machine that can perform EKGs granted to the Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corp and a Lucas Machine that provides chest compressions during CPR granted to the Armonk Fire Department.

Here’s a complete list of this year’s grantees and the equipment they purchase with funds raised by last year’s Stayin’ Alive 5K.

Armonk Independent Fire Company– 4 Thermal Imaging Cameras. Thermal Imaging Camera allow Firefighters to view heat in a given area. This includes locating a fire or victims within a building or outside a building, locating victims at a motor vehicle accident or during a large area search effort.

Banksville Independent Fire Company– A Thermal Imaging Camera, Multi-Gas Detector (detects carbon monoxide, flammable gases, oxygen and hydrogen sulfide) and Hydrogen Cyanide Meter.

Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps– To help fund the purchase of 5 Physio Control LIFEPAK 12 to assist in the Emergency Care of cardiac patients

Independent Fire Co of Mount Kisco, Inc.– 11 High Temperature Face Masks

North White Plains Fire Department– 2 GMI Multi Gas Meters, 1 GMI Calibration station with calibration gas, 6 Industrial Scientific Personal CO meters to help with the investigation and mitigation of gas odors, leaks and other types of odor investigations.

South Salem Volunteer Fire Department, Inc– 3 Air Cylinders to be used with existing Self- Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

Thornwood Fire Department – 2 Thermal Imaging Cameras; Thermal Imaging Camera allow Firefighters to view heat in a given area. This includes locating a fire or victims within a building or outside a building, locating victims at a motor vehicle accident or during a large area search effort.

To view the Stayin’ Alive video made after Hurricane Sandy click here. To register for the race click here.

See you in Windmill on Saturday.