AUGUST 29TH, 2018 NPS DDP WAS CONTACTED WITH A DONATION REQUEST (EMAILED REQUEST CAN BE VIEWED ONWWW.NPS-DDP.ORG ) WE RECOGNIZED THE NEED IN THIS REQUEST AND​ CONTACTED THE DEPARTMENT TO INFORM THEM THEY HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR OUR VERY FIRST DONATION WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THEIR REQUEST. WE JOINTLY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DONATION TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH ALONG WITH DONATED ON-SITE TRAINING.

BECAUSE OF THE BUZZ WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT SEEKING A UAV, A COMMUNITY MEMBER STEPPED UP AND DONATED A DRONE ABOUT 1 WEEK PRIOR TO OUR SCHEDULED DONATION AND TRAINING DATE.

WE WERE VERY HAPPY FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS DONATION AND THIS SHOWS THAT MANY IN THE COMMUNITIES SEE THE VALUE OF SUCH TOOLS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE WOULD NO LONGER BE DONATING A UAV BUT WE DID AGREE TO PROVIDE TRAINING. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH WE DID PROVIDE THIS TRAINING AND CONGRATULATED THE DEPARTMENT ON THE NEW UAV PROGRAM.

NPS-DDP WILL NOW CHOOSE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE THE UAV THAT WAS TO BE DONATED TO THE EASTHAM MASS FIRE DEPARTMENT.