Tiny US fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donation

A 91-year old man made the donation to a struggling rural station in Missouri: ‘It’s important to have a good fire department’

A 91-year old man has donated $500,000 to a tiny rural volunteer fire department in Missouri in an act of generosity that will transform the fortunes of the struggling organization, whose members have been using equipment from the 1980s.

Sam Sloan, a resident of Calhoun, Missouri, donated the lump sum to the struggling department, KMBC first reported.