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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City firefighters will have a new tool in their hands when responding to emergencies, courtesy of a $2,665 grant awarded to the department by insurance company FM Global.</p><p>The money will be used to purchase a tablet for pre-fire planning and the collection of data. With the mobile device, firefighters will be able to access web-based information when responding to emergencies, explained Deputy Fire Chief Alan Klapat. Much of the information the department relies on is contained in binders, he said.</p><p>Along with Fire Chief Jay Delaney, Klapat accepted the grant award Wednesday at fire headquarters on East Ross Street from Michael Spaziani, manager of the insurer&#8217;s fire prevention grant program.</p><p>&#8220;At FM Global, we strongly believe the majority of property damage is preventable, not inevitable,&#8221; Spaziani said. &#8220;Far too often, inadequate budgets prevent those organizations working to prevent fire from being as proactive as they would like to be. With additional financial support, grant recipients are actively helping to improve property risk in the communities they serve.&#8221;</p><p>FM Global awards grants to fire departments, as well as national, state, regional, local and community organizations worldwide, that best demonstrate a need for funding, where dollars can have the most demonstrable impact on preventing fire, or mitigating the damage it can quickly cause, the company said in a press release.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre deputy fire chief Alan Klapat, left and chief Jay Delaney, right, accepted the award of a $2,665 grant from Nate Albrecht, a consultant engineer with FM Global to purchase a mobile tablet firefighters can use to access web-based information when responding to emergencies. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_FM-Global-check-presentation-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre deputy fire chief Alan Klapat, left and chief Jay Delaney, right, accepted the award of a $2,665 grant from Nate Albrecht, a consultant engineer with FM Global to purchase a mobile tablet firefighters can use to access web-based information when responding to emergencies. </caption0><photoCredit0>Courtesy photo </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_FM-Global-TonedBlackWhite.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre deputy fire chief Alan Klapat, left and chief Jay Delaney, right, accepted the award of a $2,665 grant from Nate Albrecht, a consultant engineer with FM Global to purchase a mobile tablet firefighters can use to access web-based information when responding to emergencies. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_FM-Global-TonedBlackWhite.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wilkes-Barre deputy fire chief Alan Klapat, left and chief Jay Delaney, right, accepted the award of a $2,665 grant from Nate Albrecht, a consultant engineer with FM Global to purchase a mobile tablet firefighters can use to access web-based information when responding to emergencies. </caption1><photoCredit1>Courtesy photo </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jerry Lynott</p><p>jlynott@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or on Twitter @TLJerryLynott.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre Fire Department awarded grant for tablet to access data