Fire and Police Departments
Sun Prairie has a volunteer fire department that serves both the city and town of Sun Prairie, as well as the towns of Burke and Bristol. The department, which began in 1891, consists of 45 members who all maintain external jobs. The fire department has ten fire engines and one vintage vehicle, a 1927 Stoughton fire engine refurbished by a past fire department chief, which is used solely for parades.
In 2002 and 2003, the SPFD received a total of $235,575 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and again in 2004 and 2005 received $396,950. In 2006 and 2007, the amount of assistance was $79,519.
| Assistance to Firefighters Grant Amounts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dollars | |||
| 2001 | 0 | |||
| 2002 | 122,400 | |||
| 2003 | 113,175 | |||
| 2004 | 62.550 | |||
| 2005 | 334,400 | |||
| 2006 | ,234 | |||
| 2007 | 21,285 | |||
| Amounts awarded by year by DHS. | ||||
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