Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association Honors Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation For Longstanding State Emergency Officer Training Program Support

CLEVELAND, July 28, 2017

The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, charitable arm of Dominion Energy Ohio's parent company, Dominion Energy, Inc., has contributed $550,000 in grants to the Ohio Fire and Emergency Services Foundation (OFESF) since 2006, including $50,000 for 2017, noted Paul Wright, OFESF Chair. Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation support has enabled OFESF to provide training to more than 1,000 Ohio fire officers over the past 11 years, Wright said.

The annual award honors an individual or group that has performed outstanding services to the Ohio fire Chiefs Association, OFESF and the Ohio fire service in general, Wright said.

Along with grants from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Dominion Energy Ohio also provides additional real-world training by opening its employee Fire School training to help firefighters learn to extinguish a variety of natural gas fires under controlled conditions.

Dominion Energy Ohio trainers also travel to an average of two area departments monthly to provide general natural gas safety and carbon monoxide awareness information to firefighters.

"The people of the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation and Dominion Energy Ohio truly believe that a strong relationship is beneficial to the fire departments and the communities that we all serve," said Ben Kroeck, senior philanthropy coordinator.