• Alona Matchenko, president, Toledo Helps Ukraine; her daughter, Jasmine, and Perrysburg Township Firefighter/Paramedics Mike Thompson and Branden Abke, show some of decommissioned turnout gear donated by the Perrysburg Township Fire Department to be shipped to Ukraine by THU.
    Alona Matchenko, president, Toledo Helps Ukraine; her daughter, Jasmine, and Perrysburg Township Firefighter/Paramedics Mike Thompson and Branden Abke, show some of decommissioned turnout gear donated by the Perrysburg Township Fire Department to be shipped to Ukraine by THU.
  • Decommissioned fire gear saving lives again
    Decommissioned fire gear saving lives again

    The Perrysburg Township Fire Department has donated more than 10 full sets of decommissioned firefighter turnout gear to Toledo Helps Ukraine (THU), a local nonprofit organization that has collected and shipped humanitarian, medical and firefighting equipment to war-torn Ukraine.

    “This is firefighting gear that is built to endure the most extreme conditions— searing heat and toxic smoke,” said Alon…