It’s not every day that a New Hampshire manufacturer gets asked by a network television for their help, but when Globe Manufacturing Company heard from ABC’s long-running series,Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, they didn’t hesitate for a minute. Whatever was needed, count Globe in.
What the television show wanted was firefighter turnout gear–so they called on Globe, the world’s leading manufacturer of firefighter turnout gear.
但是，为什么要进行重建房屋的节目想要投票式装备呢？该节目的制片人解释说：去年9月，野火在德克萨斯州席卷时，对消防员进行了测试。在德克萨斯州的松树的心脏中，供水系统下降，严重限制了该镇志愿消防员与大火作战的能力。到处都是，该地区的1600套房屋和两次生命丧生 - 在该镇的24名消防员中，有20人没有打电话回家。同样具有挑战性：该镇的志愿消防局失去了消防局和大部分设备。
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition决定build a new home for two of the firefighters, Mizzy and Chris Zdroj, whose home had been right next to the fire station–and then the show rebuilt the fire station, as well. Globe stepped up and made a donation of more than $70,000 worth of turnout gear–and representatives from the company were there at the big reveal–which won’t be aired until next Christmas–so that they could measure every department member for their new turnout gear.
In making the announcement about the partnership withExtreme Makeover: Home EditionGlobe的销售与营销高级副总裁Rob Freese说：“ Globe很高兴我们有机会参加这场特别节目。这些敬业的男人和女人冒着生命危险保护他人。我们很高兴能够帮助他们保护他们，以便他们可以回家。Globe回馈了悠久的历史，这个家庭和该部门是我们所参与的最值得的。”
弗里斯（Freese）继续指出，该国80％的消防部门是志愿者，因为他们喜欢它并希望帮助他们的社区而做一份重要工作。“这些部门的负责人常常努力寻找资金来适当地服装志愿者并确保他们的安全。在过去的几个月中，派恩斯消防局中心的负责人一直在做这件事：写赠款，试图为他的部门和志愿者迫切需要的设备付费。That’s why it was such a privilege and an honor to be able to, on behalf of Globe Manufacturing, and our partners DuPont (the suits use flame-resistant fabrics made from Nomex® and Kevlar® fibers), and the National Volunteer Fire Council, to provide new, custom fit turnout gear and boots for every member of the Heart of the Pines Fire Department.”
Globe Facebook页面的粉丝能够遵循节目录制的进度。One member of the Globe team at the taping posted, “One resident said to us, ‘It was very sad to lose two lives, but the fact that only two were lost is a testament to all of the men and women on the fire departments around here.'”
Globe Manufacturing Company is a fourth-generation, family-owned and managed business that makes all its products in the U.S.A. The company, which is based in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, will celebrate its 125thanniversary in 2012. For more information on the company and its products, visitwww.GlobeTurnoutGear.comor call 1-800-232-8323. The Emmy award winning reality programExtreme Makeover: Home Edition, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Fridays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
