FireRein is doing its part to support emergency service workers through the COVID-19 pandemic by producing small batches of hand sanitizer for workers in Lennox & Addington, Hastings and Frontenac Counties. To date, FireRein has made over five hundred bottles following the guidelines established by the World Health Organization.
FireRein President, Quincy Emmons, shares, “FireRein was founded on the principal of keeping communities safe – doing what we can to help those continuing to serve the community through this pandemic is the least we can do.”
Emmons is quick to point out that this initiative wouldn’t have been possible without partnership. “FireRein brought together several community partners to source the correct ingredients to make the hand sanitizer. TCO Agromart Ltd., Burke’s Printing and St. Lawrence College were all quick to step up when we approached them about the idea in March. We are thankful for their support and commitment to making this happen.”
FireRein will continue to produce hand sanitizer as ingredients are made available.
“Terry & Sandra and the staff here at TCO are happy to have been able to help out with Firerein’s initiative to make hand sanitizer and distribute to local Emergency service workers. We commend Firerein for doing this. We are glad we could help. We understand that we are all in this together and we all need to do our part to get through this crisis of COVID-19. When the whole community pulls together, we are always better for it. – Terry O’Neill, TCO Agromart Ltd.
“St. Lawrence College will continue to help in any way we can in the fight against COVID-19,” said Glenn Vollebregt, President and CEO, St. Lawrence College. “I want to thank Shannon Claggett, Associate Dean of Applied Science and Computing for coordinating the collection of Isopropyl alcohol and hydrogen peroxide from our Advanced Biotechnology program for FireRein’s production of hand sanitizer for first responders in our community.” – Glenn Vollebregt, President & CEO of St. Lawrence College.
“Burke Printing is excited to be able to assist FireRein in the production of hand sanitizer for the local Emergency service workers. We applaud FireRein for taking the initiative to do this and we thank them for offering us a small part in it. We are all in this together in the fight against COVID-19 and coming together like this, truly is what makes us a community.”– Duncan Burke, Burke Printing
FireRein Inc. is a Napanee, Ontario based small company, dedicated to providing the firefighting community with effective, innovative and sustainable fire protection solutions. Our experienced team includes firefighters from various backgrounds in urban, rural, industrial and wildland firefighting, as well as a science and technology team with expertise in polymer biochemistry. FireRein has created Eco-Gel™, the world’s first and only 100% bio-sourced and 100% food-grade water additive that, when introduced into fire hose water streams, creates a potent firefighting gel that “sticks and stays” on any surface and in any orientation, to rapidly and safely extinguish fires
