Funds Donated for Pyatt Fire & Defense Radio Equipment
November 1999

    Three original organizers of the Pyatt Fire & Defense Association accept a grant of $7,560 from South Shore Foundation that will be used to update the department's radio equipment. Shown are (from left): Junior D. Copeland, chief; Betty Barker Smith, a trustee of South Shore Foundation; Chuck Copeland, assistant fire chief; and George Keys, captain. The grant will make possible the purchase of 18 portable radios for fire trucks and for each firefighter, at a cost of $420 for each radio. The Pyatt Fire & Defense Association service area covers 350 households, including the town of Pyatt, and provides fire and rescue, medical first responders, Skywarn weather watch, search and rescue, and other services. South Shore Foundation is the nonprofit, charitable foundation of Northern Arkansas Telephone Company at Flippin. For more information about the foundation or to apply for a grant, South Shore Foundation can be reached at 870-453-3333.