WESTFIELD—The city’s fire department chief, Mary Regan, urges residents to use caution when being solicited for donations.
The suggestion came after Regan said the department was approached by a resident who had reportedly received a letter in the mail asking for a donation for the Firefighters Charitable Foundation (FFCF). According to Regan, the foundation does not work with the Westfield Fire Department and any donations made may not necessarily benefit the local department.
Westfield Fire Chief Mary Regan
“Someone came in with a letter in hand and wanted to be sure it’s something we were doing,” Regan said. “We don’t know anything about it and it’s not associated with anything we are doing.”
Regan added that the department is not soliciting for any charitable contributions at this time.
According to the FFCF website’s “Our Mission” page, the foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that “provides direct aid to victims of fire or disaster, other non-profit agencies, and volunteer fire departments. FFCF is not a union or a representative of individual firefighters or their departments.”
An initial request for an interview was not granted by FFCF at the time of this article.
