River Cities Rotary members and volunteers with the Rapids City Fire Protection District gathered at the Port Byron Fire Station on March 29 to stock up the department's personal protection equipment supplies. The local Rotary club applied for and received a $3000 Rotary International Community Grant and used it to purchase PPE supplies and firefighter equipment for the fire department. Supplies included N95 masks, face shields, Nitril gloves, coveralls, shoe covers, firefighter gloves, particulate blocking hoods, and special hoods for structural firefighting. Fire Chief Don Carey thanked the Rotary Club for the donation, noting that the firefighters will use the protective PPE supplies during community calls and patient hospital transport in order to protect the firefighters and in turn the public from COVID-19 spread.