Editor’s note: The following was submitted by St. John’s Masonic Lodge.

St. John’s Masonic Lodge, Whitewater/Palmyra recently donated a state of the art GreenPort Portable Fire Suppression Tool to the Eagle Police department.  These small devices fit in the trunk of squad cars or other first responder vehicles and can dramatically reduce fire and water damage in enclosures like houses, garages, stores, or sheds.  They are lightweight and easy to deploy:  just “pull the pin and throw it in” and within 35 seconds, the fire is suppressed and the temperature inside the enclosure drops over 1000 degrees, making it a safer environment to extract trapped firefighters or citizens.

These devices will save lives and the Masonic Lodge is proud to donate this to help make our community a safer place.

Here is a picture from the presentation of the Fire suppression tool to Eagle Police department.  Pictured are from left to right, Greg Scheff (Village of Eagle trustee), John Dade (past master St. Johns Lodge #57), Ron Bethia (interim police chief of Eagle PD), Jason Welch (Worshipful Master St. Johns Lodge #57) and Peter Lenz (Senior Warden St. Johns Lodge #57).